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Classroom Acoustics: The National Acoustic Standard, Stacy Allen
Classroom Acoustics: The National Acoustic Standard, Stacy Allen
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses the variables affecting classroom acoustics and a case study examination of some local classrooms. Classrooms were measured against proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards and treatment options for improving acoustics are suggested.
Hearing Hazards To Firefighters, Gretchen Lyn Haywood
Hearing Hazards To Firefighters, Gretchen Lyn Haywood
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper examines the risks of occupational noise induced hearing loss in firefighters. OSHA and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) guidelines are described and noise data collected from the Blue Island (Illinois) Fire Department is analyzed.
Pediatric Conversion To The Hiresolution Processing Strategy: 6 Case Studies, Jamie Marie Hayden
Pediatric Conversion To The Hiresolution Processing Strategy: 6 Case Studies, Jamie Marie Hayden
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a study documenting the general trends in the programming techniques, aided behavioral thresholds, speech perception abilities, and overall behavior when converting children into processing strategy called HiResolution (HiRes), used with the Advanced Bionics Clarion II Cochlear Implant System.
Identification Of Issues Encountered By Deaf Educators Working With Multiply Involved Children And The Related Emotional Affects That Go Along With Intervention, Kelly M. Herron
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses common issues deaf educators face that are not directly related to a child’s hearing impairment and thus often outside the educators’ area of expertise. The study also identifies a range of emotions early interventionists experience while working with children with multiple impairments.
A Hearing Screening Protocol In A Pediatric Practice Based On Otoacoustic Emissions, Jordan E. King
A Hearing Screening Protocol In A Pediatric Practice Based On Otoacoustic Emissions, Jordan E. King
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper evaluates the routine of one pediatrics facility interested in incorporating a hearing screening protocol into their practice and suggests such a protocol using distortion product otoacoustic emission tests (DPOAE).
The Comparison Of Tympanometric Results To Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions, Erika Nicole Knox
The Comparison Of Tympanometric Results To Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions, Erika Nicole Knox
Independent Studies and Capstones
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.
Literature Guide For Parents Of Preschoolers, Kacey Gifford Lindgren
Literature Guide For Parents Of Preschoolers, Kacey Gifford Lindgren
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper examines the need for a literature guide for parents of hearing-impaired preschoolers. It includes a number of literature-based activities to help parents develop and improve their children’s language and literacy skills.
Comparing Auditory Steady-State Response And Auditory Brainstem Response In Normal Hearing Adults, Anne Matson
Comparing Auditory Steady-State Response And Auditory Brainstem Response In Normal Hearing Adults, Anne Matson
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper compares the auditory steady state response (ASSR) thresholds with the click-evoked and tone burst auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds in their ability to predict known behavioral thresholds in normal-hearing adults.
Hearing Screening With Otoacoustic Emissions And Patient Age In A Pediatrician's Practice, Krisjeana Ballard
Hearing Screening With Otoacoustic Emissions And Patient Age In A Pediatrician's Practice, Krisjeana Ballard
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a study of the effectiveness of a neonatal hearing screener (the GSI AUDIOscreener, which is usually used in hospitals to test newborns), in a pediatrician's offices to test infants and children up to age 5-1/2 years.
Social Skills Training In Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Preschoolers, Nancy Barklage
Social Skills Training In Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Preschoolers, Nancy Barklage
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper addresses the importance of the development of social skills for deaf and hard of hearing preschool children. The author presents social skills lessons and activities for teachers to use with preschool children.
Assessing Phonemic Awareness Skills In Hearing Impaired Students, Christina Marie Borders
Assessing Phonemic Awareness Skills In Hearing Impaired Students, Christina Marie Borders
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses phonemic awareness and its role in providing appropriate literacy instruction to both hearing and hearing impaired children. The ability of hearing-impaired students to gain phonological awareness skills is examined and instructional models for teaching phonological and phonemic awareness skills are presented. Also included is a checklist to be used to assess phonological and phonemic awareness skills in hearing-impaired students.
A Manual Of Fm Systems For Mainstream Teachers, Stacey Morgan
A Manual Of Fm Systems For Mainstream Teachers, Stacey Morgan
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a manual of frequency modulated (FM) sound systems designed for use by mainstream teachers who have hearing impaired students in their classrooms.
Social Skills Issues Of Mainstreaming Hearing-Impaired Children, Robyn Kaye Patton
Social Skills Issues Of Mainstreaming Hearing-Impaired Children, Robyn Kaye Patton
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper is a literature review covering the social skills challenges inherent in mainstreaming hearing-impaired children with their hearing peers.
The Role Of Glutamate Receptors In Cholesteatoma Induced Bone Resorption, Kelly Constable
The Role Of Glutamate Receptors In Cholesteatoma Induced Bone Resorption, Kelly Constable
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses a study examining a new model of cholesteatoma induced bone resorption in mice using autologous implantation of pinna dermis to the surface of the skull and the role of glutamate receptors in reducing the number of osteoclasts.
Classroom Acoustics: Treatment Options, Ann Rebecca Erwin
Classroom Acoustics: Treatment Options, Ann Rebecca Erwin
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses the variables affecting classroom acoustics and a case study examination of some local classrooms. Classrooms were measured against proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards and treatment options for improving acoustics are suggested.
Afferent Innervation Of The Quail Utricle, Kathleen Ferrigan Faulkner
Afferent Innervation Of The Quail Utricle, Kathleen Ferrigan Faulkner
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses a study of the adult innervation patterns of afferent cell types in the adult quail. The aim of the study was to evaluate afferent innervation of the quail utricle to better understand the development of the nerve fibers.
Character Education For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing, Kara Fisher
Character Education For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing, Kara Fisher
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a curriculum guide for structured character education for deaf and hearing-impaired children. A list of suggested age-appropriate activities, role play ideas, thematic children’s books, and assistive internet resources are provided.
Comparing Auditory Steady State Response And Auditory Brainstem Response In Normal Hearing Adults, Gina L. Rotert
Comparing Auditory Steady State Response And Auditory Brainstem Response In Normal Hearing Adults, Gina L. Rotert
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a study examining auditory steady state response (ASSR) assessments compared to auditory brainstem response (ABR) assessments. The study examines the relationship between behavioral thresholds, click- and toneburst-ABR thresholds, and ASSR thresholds for normal hearing subjects using the commercially available GSI Audera instrument.
Examination Of Parent Support Groups For Newly Diagnosed Hearing-Impaired Children, Birth - 5 Years, Karen Schrappen
Examination Of Parent Support Groups For Newly Diagnosed Hearing-Impaired Children, Birth - 5 Years, Karen Schrappen
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper examines support groups for parents of newly-diagnosed hearing-impaired children and presents an outline for an effective parent support group.
The Importance Of Direct Language Instruction For Hearing Impaired Children, Christa M. Garrett
The Importance Of Direct Language Instruction For Hearing Impaired Children, Christa M. Garrett
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses the importance of direct and intense language instruction for hearing impaired children in developing language and communication skills. The author presents a variety of activities for teacher use.
Common Errors Made By Clinic Patients Responding To The W-22 And Nu-6 Word Lists, Amy Marie Smith
Common Errors Made By Clinic Patients Responding To The W-22 And Nu-6 Word Lists, Amy Marie Smith
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a study of common errors made during speech discrimination testing.
Parental Response To Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Megan Elizabeth Terry
Parental Response To Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Megan Elizabeth Terry
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper describes parental response to Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS).
Valuable Resources For Parents Of Hearing-Impaired Children (Ages: Birth - 5 Years), Susan Tershak
Valuable Resources For Parents Of Hearing-Impaired Children (Ages: Birth - 5 Years), Susan Tershak
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents basic and immediate resources for parents with hearing impaired children between the ages of birth and five years. Resources include those dealing with educational options, basic literature, government resources, legal rights, parent advocacy issues and financial aid.
Comparison Of Long Term Cochlear Noise Injury And Age-Related Cochlear Degeneration In Mice, Ashlea Joann Wyrick
Comparison Of Long Term Cochlear Noise Injury And Age-Related Cochlear Degeneration In Mice, Ashlea Joann Wyrick
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper studies and compares age related hearing loss and noise-induced hearing loss in mice, and the different cell types that are affected by aging and noise.
Reanalysis Of Perceptual Confusion Matrices, Nicole Michelle Wham
Reanalysis Of Perceptual Confusion Matrices, Nicole Michelle Wham
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents a study reformatting and reanalyzing data collected in a 1955 study of the perception of sixteen different consonants in consonant-vowel combinations, by human listeners.
Workers' Compensation For Occupational Hearing Loss: What We Know Or Don't Know, Rebecca Zellmer
Workers' Compensation For Occupational Hearing Loss: What We Know Or Don't Know, Rebecca Zellmer
Independent Studies and Capstones
This papers looks at workers' compensation laws for each state to determine if there have been any updates in the laws since a 2000 survey by Dobie and Megerson. The study also examines what information is available to audiologists testing patients in workers' compensation claims.
The Effect Of Writer's Workshop On The Development Of Students' Writing Abilities At Central Institute For The Deaf, Alexis Nicole Zendejas
The Effect Of Writer's Workshop On The Development Of Students' Writing Abilities At Central Institute For The Deaf, Alexis Nicole Zendejas
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper presents the implementation of a writer's workshop at Central Institute for the Deaf, as a method of developing the writing skills of hearing impaired children.
Classroom Acoustics: Enhancing The Listening Environment Through The Use Of Amplification Systems, Andrea Marie Golfin
Classroom Acoustics: Enhancing The Listening Environment Through The Use Of Amplification Systems, Andrea Marie Golfin
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper discusses the variables affecting classroom acoustics and a case study examination of some local classrooms. Classrooms were measured against proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards and treatment options for improving acoustics are suggested.