The Wechsler-Bellevue and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children as predictors of academic achievement for a severely hearing and speech impaired population

This paper reviews a study to determine the applicabilty of the Wechsler-Bellevue and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for severely hearing impaired children.

The role of pediatrician in hearing loss: from detection to connection

This paper presents a study investigating how informed pediatricians are about hearing loss and their ability to assist and refer parents of children with hearing loss.

An investigation of the communication strategies used by mothers of hearing-impaired children

This paper discusses a study to investigate how mothers of hearing impaired children talk to their children and their influence on language development.

The effects of the SKILL Program on the language and socialization of hearing impaired children

This study will examine the effects of the SKILL Program on the social and pragmatic skills of the hearing-impaired children in the Pre-K department of the Central Institute for the Deaf. It will assess language and social skills necessary for the children to be successful in the mainstream and how having hearing peers may have contributed to their gaining of those skills.

Tone burst sensitivity in normal and sensorineural hearing impaired listeners

This paper discusses a study to predict the pure tone audiogram from the results of electric response audiometry utilizing frequency-selective tone burst stimuli.

A comparison of three hearing aid manufacturers' recommended first fit to two generic prescriptive targets with the pediatric population

The purpose of this study is to compare three hearing aid manufacturers' recommended "First Fit" to the generic recommended fittings by DSL i/o and NAL-NL1 for a 12 month old child with varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss.

A survey on the concepts used in the hearing aid selection process for hearing-impaired adults

This paper is a review of current practices in 1976 among audiologists and hearing aid dealers in fitting of hearing aids for adults.

Meaningful use of speech scale: application to orally educated hearing-impaired children

This paper discusses a study to determine whether the use of meaningful speech in everyday situations is independent of a cochlear implant.

Multimedia telephone systems as a valuable communication tool for the hearing-impaired

This paper discusses videoconferencing systems as a communication tool for the hearing impaired.

Training hearing impaired consumer advocates of assistive listening devices

This paper contains a manual for training advocates of assistive listening devices.

Elaine Paden's phonological assessment of the hearing impaired

This paper is a study of the phonological test, Identifying Early Phonological Needs, and determining whether it is useful to plan speech therapy for young unintelligible hearing impaired children.

The effect of electroacoustic adjustments of hearing aid battery drain

This paper reviews a study of hearing aid battery drain.

The effects of a phonological awareness training program for hearing-impaired children

This paper examines the effectiveness of a phonological awareness program for hearing impaired children.

An effective course of study for teaching hearing-impaired children TTY/TDD skills

This paper includes a course of study for teaching hearing impaired children about the use of TTY/TDD.

Differences in performance in noise between conventional hearing aids and radiant multimicrophone beamforming technology

This paper discusses the results of a study to determine the differences between hearing aids and radiant beamforming technology.