Speech perception through profoundly deaf ears

This paper is a review of a study done with an Oscillascope to determine if the sensory input would be of benefit to a profoundly deaf child.

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.

Adapting the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test for deaf children

This paper examines adapting the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), a receptive vocabulary test, for hearing-impaired children.

The essentials of written language

This paper discusses the development of written language in children.

Historical review of articulation testing and a recent revision of auditory test no. 9

This paper reviews the history of articulation testing and presents a revision of a standard articulation test.

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.

Development of a student workbook in conjunction with the Communication Skills Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals Program

This paper discusses Communication Skills Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals (ComPro), a program that trains professionals and paraprofessionals to communicate more effectively with their hearing-impaired clientele. This study assesses the usefulness of the ComPro in-service program and student workbook.

Developing pragmatic skills at the pre-school level: a case study

This paper reviews a study undertaken to develop activities to help teach communicative functions of language.

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.

The comparison of tympanometric results to distortion product otoacoustic emissions

This paper presents a study investigating the relationship between tympanometry measures of the middle ear and Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAE) screening, suggesting that using a combination of the two methods in pediatricians’ offices would result in fewer inappropriate referrals for comprehensive hearing evaluations.

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.

Emotion perception in speech: Discrimination, identification, and the effects of talker and sentence variability

The primary goal of this project is to study the ability of adult cochlear implant users to perceive emotion through speech alone. A secondary goal of this project is to study the development of emotion perception in normal hearing children to serve as a baseline for comparing emotion perception abilities in similarly-aged children with impaired hearing.

The intelligibility of different kinds of test material used in speech audiometry

This paper discusses several tests used to measure speech intelligibility and speech discrimination.

An analysis of the language of certain social study textbooks pertinent to instruction of deaf children

This paper discusses the results of a study of social studies textbooks suitable for hearing impaired children.

Mathematical and electrical analysis of pulsed tones

This paper discusses a study conducted to perform a mathematical analysis and an electrical analysis of pulsed tones to determine which type of pulsed tone is most suitable.