Implications for early interventionists: Cross-cultural and low-income family differences

This study examined the existing literature on current early intervention processes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing who are from low-income or minority families. The review of literature includes a framework of understanding the dynamics of low-income households and cultural differences among African Americans, Latin Americans, and American Indians.

Regenerative capabilities of the rat seventh nerve using suture and collagen splint techniques: a comparative study

This paper discusses the effectiveness of repair procedures on the rat facial nerve using the current clinical surgical procedure of suturing nerve ends and a proposed technique utilizing splints made of collagen.

A comparative study of the creative expressions in paint and clay of deaf and hearing children

This paper discusses the results of study to determine differences in artwork done by hearing impaired and normal hearing children.

Spelling errors in children who are deaf

This is a descriptive study that analyzes the spelling abilities as well as a specific spelling error made by children between the ages of 5 and 9 who are deaf and wear cochlear implants.

Auditory speech-discrimination as a function of age and type of audiogram

This paper reviews a study to determine if loss of speech discrimination is related to age and patients with audiograms showing steep high-frequency losses.

Recall of deaf and normally hearing children on a short term memory task

This paper discusses memory and hearing impaired children.

Re-interpretation of early speech perception test (standard version) in Urdu language

This paper resulted in the Urdu language version of the Early Speech Perception Test(ESP).

The study of prefixes and suffixes

This paper contains an outline of study for language development with prefixes and suffixes for hearing impaired children.

Improving hearing aid users' satisfaction through a market survey, instructional video, and booklet

This paper discusses an instructional video and booklet developed to improve hearing aid users’ satisfaction and to educate audiologists on the importance of proper post-fit counseling.

SN10: reliability and validity

This study discusses a study to assess reliability and validity of the 500 Hz SN10 for adult, non-sedated patients.

Activities for the complex TAGS

This paper presents a set of activities and materials for teachers of the hearing-impaired aimed at developing syntactic structures found in the Teacher Assessment of Grammatical Structures – Complex Sentence Level (TAGS-C).

Communication strategies used by children at a school for the deaf

This paper discusses a study to determine the communication strategies used by hearing impaired children and their effectiveness.

Optical environment in classrooms for hearing-impaired children: recent developments and continuing needs

This paper is a review of the literature regarding design of classrooms for hearing impaired children.

Analysis of return patterns of digital hearing aids

This paper examines the return rate for digital hearing aids and reason for the returns.

Audiologic services: a parent's view

This paper discusses a study to determine desirable characteristics of audiologists who provide services to a pediatric population.