Mainstreaming, inclusion, and the elementary school age hearing impaired student

This paper presents materials for educators and students, grades K-6, about hearing and hearing impairment that will help prepare them for more successful mainstreaming and inclusion of hearing-impaired children.

Developing a set of materials to teach hearing children about hearing impairment

This paper contains a set of materials to help hearing persons understand hearing loss.

Occurence of autism spectrum disorder in the hearing-impaired population: how to achieve earlier diagnosis

This paper discusses the incidence of hearing impaired children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and methods of diagnosis.

Effect of amplification bandwidth on intelligibility of several different speech samples for a listener with sensorineural hearing loss

This paper examines the effect of amplification bandwidth on speech intelligibility using multiple speech samples.

Examination of parent support groups for newly diagnosed hearing-impaired children, birth - 5 years

This paper examines support groups for parents of newly-diagnosed hearing-impaired children and presents an outline for an effective parent support group.

An assessment of the nonverbal test of cognitive skills for use with hearing impaired children

This paper discusses a study to assess the usefulness of the Non-Verbal Test of Cognitive Skills on hearing impaired children.

Auditory, visual, and auditory-visual recognition of vowels by hearing-impaired children

This paper studies the auditory, visual and combined audio-visual recognition of vowels by severely and profoundly hearing impaired children.

A technique to train auditory and visual memory for speech patterns in young hearing-impaired children

This paper details a technique for training auditory memory for length of speech sounds in preschool children with a profound hearing loss.

Facilitating educational integration of the hearing-impaired child: a proposed integration program for Central Institute for the Deaf

This paper discusses mainstreaming for the hearing impaired.

Novel word-learning for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children

The study was designed to determine the appropriateness of a novel word-learning paradigm for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children as well as to explore the nature of word-learning abilities for both groups. Pilot data was gathered to determine the number of words learned following separate intervals and throughout the test session.

Noise levels and hearing conservation in a water treatment facility

This paper describes a study assessing the sound levels and noise exposures of a municipal water treatment plant to determine the level of employee noise exposure dosages and to make any necessary recommendations regarding reducing the risk of noise induced hearing loss in employees.

Preliminary work on development of a new hearing aid booklet for parents of young hearing impaired children

The purpose of this study was to evaluate current materials given to parents of new hearing aid users.

A test of concept formation of hearing-impaired children

This paper discusses a study to determine whether a hearing impaired child acquires concept formation and if their acquisition is related to reading grade level.

Hearing screening with otoacoustic emissions in pediatric outpatient facilities : ages birth through five

This paper discusses the use of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in performing outpatient hearing screening for children, birth to age five.

Acoustic phonetics applied to auditory training and the teaching of speech to the hearing impaired

This paper is a review of acoustic phonetics as applied to auditory training for hearing impaired children.