A comparison of communication breakdowns and repair strategies used by cochlear implant children from two differenct methodologies

This study investigates how children with cochlear implants from simultaneous communications backgrounds and from oral education backgrounds experience communication breakdowns. The study examines each group's response to communication breakdowns and the repair strategies of each group.

Hearing hazards to firefighters

This paper examines the risks of occupational noise induced hearing loss in firefighters. OSHA and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) guidelines are described and noise data collected from the Blue Island (Illinois) Fire Department is analyzed.

The perception of vowels in hearing and hearing-impaired subjects

This paper examines the relationship between speech discrimination ability and vowel map accuracy and vowel map size.

The high risk register and identification of hearing impaired infants in an NICU

This paper discusses hearing tests of infants in a NICU.

Efficacy of high-frequency tympanometry in infants birth to six months of age: A pilot study

The purpose of this study was to assess the use of 1 kHz tympanometry in young infants. A larger sample will be needed to develop definitive norms and determine the sensitivity and specificity of 1 kHz tympanometry for middle ear pathology in young infants.

Validation of an automated algorithm for auditory brainstem response testing

This paper discusses the auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing for infants.

Tactile localization of acoustic stimuli with an earmold vibratrory aid

This study examines the tactile localization of sound sources utilizing an earmold vibratory hearing aid.

Are distortion levels a problem with digital signal processing hearing aids and frequency modulation (FM) systems?

The purpose of this study was to examine objective and subjective distortion present when frequency modulation (FM) systems were coupled with four digital signal processing (DSP) hearing aids. Electroacoustic analysis and subjective listening tests by experienced audiologists revealed that distortion levels varied across hearing aids and channels.

Oral and manual language skills of hearing children of deaf parents

This paper reviews a study of the language skills of normal hearing children whose parents are deaf and use manual communication.

Developing language while out in the community

This is an informal study centering on the needs of parents of children who are deaf or hearing impaired. The information analyzed and obtained focused on the role of parents in their children’s lives.

Implementing aural habilitation: a case study

This paper reviews an aural rehabilitation program for hearing impaired children.

The relation between the electroencephalogram and the ease of autonomic conditioning

This paper discusses the results of a study to determine a relationship between the EEG pattern and autonomic conditioning.

The psycholinguistic communication strategies of a mother of a hearing-impaired infant

This paper discusses a study to provide a descriptive analysis of the linguistic environment of a deaf infant during his first year of life.

The reassessment of central auditory processing disorders in children 7 to 12 years of age

This paper provides a review of central auditory processing disorders in children.

A comparison of two techniques for evaluating the development of syntax in children's language: developmental sentence analysis and the CID grammatical analysis of elicited language: simple sentence level

This paper compares two language evaluation tests--Development Sentence Analysis and the CID Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language: Simple Sentence Level.