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Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Davenport, M. Davenport

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student M. Davenport.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Evetts, M. Evetts

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student M. Evetts.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Rice, M. Rice

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student M. Rice.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Dyer, N. Dyer

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student N. Dyer.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Johnson, M. Johnson

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student M. Johnson.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Mcintosh, T. Mcintosh

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student T. McIntosh.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Hess, V. Hess

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student V. Hess.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Cecil, S. Cecil

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Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student S. Cecil.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Cucino, T. Cucino

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student T. Cucino.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Caraher, S. Caraher

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student S. Caraher

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Mitchell, W. Mitchell

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student W. Mitchell.

Quantifying Differences In Pill Swallow Patterns In Adults, Catherine A. Sullivan, Luis F. Riquelme

Annual SHSP Student Research and Scholarship Day

Difficulty swallowing pills has become an increasing complaint among patients visiting swallow evaluation centers across the globe. Deficits are reported in healthy individuals as well as in clinical populations. In the USA, 40% of 679 persons responding to a survey reported difficulty swallowing pills (Business Wire, 2009). In an effort to facilitate pill intake, several modifications have been reported: use of liquid formulations, crushing tablet, opening capsule, whole pill mixed with food or via feeding tube (Cornish, 2005). A survey of 40 nurses revealed the most common modification was to use apple sauce (Riquelme et al., 2009). Current literature on …

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Mccurry, L. Mccurry

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student L. McCurry.

Ua94/6/1 Clinic Covid-19 Reflections - Doerr, H. Doerr

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Reflections of Covid-19 pandemic by WKU Communication Sciences & Disorders undergraduate student H. Doerr

Primary Care Physician Perceptions Of Hearing Loss And Amplification: A Survey, Sophie Racine

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The goal of this survey is to determine primary care physicians’ (PCP) views regarding hearing loss and hearing amplification. A questionnaire was created, using TypeForm©. Factors interrogated in the survey included structural aspects of the health care delivery system, presence of stigma among providers regarding hearing amplification, PCPs’ knowledge of hearing loss, the utility of amplification, official recommendations on screening and amplification, costs of hearing aids and risks of untreated hearing loss, and practitioners’ viewpoints and practice behaviors surrounding hearing loss and amplification. The survey instrument is comprised of four domains: 1) demographics, 2) knowledge of hearing loss and amplification, …

Assistive Listening Devices: A Guide, Alexa Brody

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Objective: The purpose of this research was to develop a guide on assistive listening devices (ALDs) describing the various types of ALDs, the basic underlying concepts, their advantages and disadvantages, the instrumentation and its components, and the setup and procedures for specification/evaluation of ALDs in accordance with national standards or guidelines issued by professional organizations in our field. This guide is intended for audiologists, hearing scientists, and audiology and hearing science students.

Method: A thorough review of the previous ALD literature including national and international standards for set-up and installation, specification/evaluation and verification of ALDs; guidelines from professional audiology and …

Development Of An Aba Tool Kit For Audiologists To Increase Hearing Aid Wear Time In Individuals With Autism, Lindsay Brown

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

When working with individuals with the dual-diagnosis of hearing loss and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), audiologists are often faced with unique challenges and must adapt their approach in order to more effectively address the needs of these individuals. Currently, there is only a small body of research focused on the special considerations required for appropriately fitting and utilizing amplification for children with the dual-diagnosis of hearing loss and ASD. Subsequently, recommendations and strategies for clinicians to implement when faced with these common challenges, specifically of hearing aid compliance and appropriate hearing aid wear time, are lacking. It is important to …

Speech Outcomes And Hearing Preservation In Adults With Hybrid Cochlear Implants: A Systematic Review, Victoria J. Dillon

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Objective: The goal of this review is to systematically review literature in order to investigate the speech recognition and subjective performance outcomes, as well as determine the degree of hearing preservation, in adult hybrid cochlear implant patients through the utilization of electric acoustic stimulation (EAS).

Methods: A comprehensive search, utilizing various peer-reviewed databases, was conducted via the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Graduate Center Library to identify the relevant studies published. Inclusion criteria was studies that involved adult hybrid cochlear implant users which reported speech outcomes and hearing preservation, with performance outcomes obtained at least 12 months’ post-implantation. Studies …

Behavioral Outcomes In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder And Cochlear Implants, Patricia K. Herz

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The purpose of this literature review was to establish what is currently known about behavioral outcomes of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and cochlear implants (CIs). Sixteen articles were included in this review. The areas investigated were behavioral changes postimplantation, as determined by subjective and objective measures, mode of communication used by children with ASD and CIs, and effects of additional comorbidities on these outcomes. Considerations for CI use for children with ASD include potential hypersensitivity to auditory stimuli, inability to complete performance measures, and markedly slower progress than their typically developing peers. Many of the studies included in …

Visual Perspective Taking In Autism Spectrum Disorders, Erin L. Reilly

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Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have difficulty in recognizing environmental perspectives other than their own. Perspective-taking deficits impact language use and understanding in discourse and more general social and cognitive function. Despite extensive research on perspective taking abilities in individuals with ASD, many factors have not been fully examined. This study further examined the contribution of angular disparity, anthropomorphism of an observer, and language use on visual perspective-taking.

Individuals with (ASD) demonstrate a strength in visual spatial cognition and a weakness in visual social cognition. This study examined the factors that may cause people with ASD to have difficulties …