Parental response to Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

This paper describes parental response to Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS).

Physical education and the hearing impaired

This paper compares the performance of perceptual-motor skills of physically and mentally normal hearing-impaired children who have participated in a physical education program with those who have not participated in a physical education program.

Quality of life in children with unilateral hearing loss: a pilot study

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the impact of unilateral hearing loss on the quality of life of children. Focus group sessions were held for parents and children or adolescents with unilateral hearing loss to discuss their perceptions. Parents and children or adolescents completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory. Findings were presented depicting which domains of quality of life are most affected.

Movies as a source of non-occupational noise exposure

This paper examines the noise levels of movies and whether or not movie theater sound levels may be hazardous to audience members.

Primary level curriculum units based on the Simple Sentence TAGS

This paper presents four teaching curriculum units for primary level students based on Simple and Complex TAGS (Teacher Assessment of Grammatical Structures), teaching vocabulary and language structure.

The effects of training in the tracking procedure on the speechreading ability of two profoundly hearing-impaired children

This paper discusses a study to determine whether training employing in the tracking procedure would prove beneficial to profoundly hearing-impaired children in comprehension of spoken language.

Word level speech perception under four levels of simulated profound hearing loss

This paper discusses a study to determine average performance on word discrimination tests using the CID Early Speech Perception Test (ESP).

Four discourse level speech perception under four levels of simulated profound hearing loss

This paper reviews a study to determine the maximum discourse level speech perception capabilities of profoundly deaf children in four speech perception categories as defined by the Early Speech Perception Test (ESP).

Reading instruction for hearing-impaired students in an auditory-oral setting

This paper discusses the instruction of reading for hearing impaired children.

A suggested speechreading program for the elderly adult

This paper includes an outline for a speechreading program for elderly adults.

Average annual reading growth rate progress of children who are deaf, use a cochlear implant and attend an auditory-oral school

Reading growth rate averages were established for children who are deaf, have a unilateral cochlear implant and attend an auditory-oral school.

Test-retest reliability with the Madsen ZO70 electroacoustic impedance bridge

This paper is a review of a study to measure acoustic impedance of the ear using a Madsen ZO70 bridge model.

The use of three speech training aids by a profoundly deaf child

This paper reviews a study of an eleven year old profoundly deaf child and the use of a oscilloscope in speech therapy.

Habituation of the immobility response of guinea pigs to auditory stimuli

This paper discusses the development of a method to measure the habituation of the immobility response of guinea pigs.

The validation of CID's Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language with language delayed children

This paper examines the Central Institute for the Deaf’s "Grammatical Analysis of Elicited Language" (GAEL) test of expressive language and whether it identifies children with language disorders. Also examined is the relative difficulty of each of the grammatical categories sampled on the GAEL in relation to the standardization sample.