Toward an acoustic vowel metric: listener validation

This paper examines objective measures of speech production, specifically vowels. The relationship between the listener's perception of sections of the vowels with their perception of the entire vocalic utterance was examined.

The relationship among perceived hearing handicap, pure-tone average, and articulation index for an elderly population

This paper reviews a study to determine the relationship between a self-perceived hearing handicap index, pure-tone average and Articulation Index scores in an elderly population.

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.

Perceptual validation of an acoustic metric for measuring vowel production by deaf children

This paper discusses a study to validate the metric developed in the Geers and Moog Cochlear Implant Study at CID to measure the speech production of hearing impaired children.