Acoustical barriers to communication and hearing

This study examined the acoustical conditions, including the surface-dimension measurements, background noise levels, and reverberation times in classrooms in a metropolitan area. The data collected in this study will help school administrators realize that appropriate classroom acoustics are necessary for both hearing impaired and normal hearing students.

Newborn hearing screening: A retrospective analysis of hit and false positive rates in the NICU and how they are influenced by risk factors for hearing loss in a suburban birthing hospital

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a hearing screening program, particularly focusing on hit and false positive rates in the NICU and WBN at a top-rated birthing hospital in Saint Louis, MO. Additionally, the study examined how these rates may be influenced by risk factors for hearing loss.

Parents as advocates for their hearing impaired children transitioning from a private setting to a mainstream setting

This project studied the experiences of parents whose hearing impaired children moved from private education settings into mainstream education.

A longitudinal demographic study of a parent-infant program for hearing-impaired children

This paper is a longitudinal study of the CID Parent-Infant Program, 1966-1976.

The structural component of linguistic meaning and the reading of normally hearing and deaf children

This paper discusses an experiment in psycholinguistic method and its application to the field of education.

Parental observations of children's responses to three sensory aids: cochlear implant, tactile aid, hearing aid

This study discusses a project undertaken to determine the benefits of sensory aids for hearing impaired children based on parental observations over a twelve month period.

An educational curriculum outline for teaching sound and hearing in elementary schools

This paper provides curriculum on noise, ears, hearing and deafness for elementary school children.

Cooperative learning: helping hearing impaired students build success

This paper examines the importance of cooperative learning and its use in the education of hearing-impaired children.

Compensatory signal processing for profoundly hearing-impaired listeners: the transmission of fundamental frequency

This paper reviews a study to determine the usefulness of signal processing along with lipreading in improving speech perception of profoundly hearing impaired persons.

History and uses of music education for children who are hearing impaired

This paper discusses hearing impaired children and their ability to learn and enjoy music.

Evaluating lexically controlled word lists for open set speech perception testing in profoundly hearing impaired children

This paper evaluates speech perception testing in pediatric cochlear implant users. Using pre-recorded stimulus presentation, the author replicated an earlier experiment comparing the Lexical Neighborhood List (LNT) test to the Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten (PB-K) test in estimating speech perception abilities in hearing impaired children.

Conducive hearing loss: its effect on speech perception and language development

This paper discusses the effects of conducive hearing loss on language development.

Loudness judgments in normal and hearing impaired listeners

This paper studies the use of a rank order scale to achieve a goal of normal loudness perception for a hearing-impaired person. The study compares loudness judgments in normal and hearing-impaired listeners.

Language behavior of the young hearing impaired child

This paper discusses a study of language development of hearing impaired children.

Comparison of written and spoken language from deaf and hearing children at five age levels

This dissertation compares oral and written language development in hearing and deaf children. The study applies grammatical, lexical and syntactical measures to describe and analyze the differences in language development in groups of hearing and orally-taught hearing-impaired children and to relate these findings to chronological age.