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Craving Alcohol: Genetic And Pharmacological Factors, Kent Hutchison Jan 2004

Craving Alcohol: Genetic And Pharmacological Factors, Kent Hutchison

Presentations

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Modeling Behavioral Endophenotypes Related To Alcohol Abuse In Mice, Jeanne M. Wehner Jan 2004

Modeling Behavioral Endophenotypes Related To Alcohol Abuse In Mice, Jeanne M. Wehner

Presentations

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Alcoholism And The Latest Genetics & Neuroscience Findings Brochure Jan 2004

Alcoholism And The Latest Genetics & Neuroscience Findings Brochure

Brochure

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Reanalysis Of Perceptual Confusion Matrices, Nicole Michelle Wham Jan 2004

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.


Classroom Acoustics: Enhancing The Listening Environment Through The Use Of Amplification Systems, Andrea Marie Golfin Jan 2004

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.


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 Jan 2004

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.


Hearing Hazards To Firefighters, Gretchen Lyn Haywood Jan 2004

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.


The Comparison Of Tympanometric Results To Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions, Erika Nicole Knox Jan 2004

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 Jan 2004

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.


Hearing Screening With Otoacoustic Emissions And Patient Age In A Pediatrician's Practice, Krisjeana Ballard Jan 2004

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 Jan 2004

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 Jan 2004

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 Jan 2004

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 Jan 2004

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.


Character Education For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing, Kara Fisher Jan 2004

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.


Classroom Acoustics: Treatment Options, Ann Rebecca Erwin Jan 2004

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.


Comparing Auditory Steady State Response And Auditory Brainstem Response In Normal Hearing Adults, Gina L. Rotert Jan 2004

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 Jan 2004

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.


Common Errors Made By Clinic Patients Responding To The W-22 And Nu-6 Word Lists, Amy Marie Smith Jan 2004

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.


Workers' Compensation For Occupational Hearing Loss: What We Know Or Don't Know, Rebecca Zellmer Jan 2004

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.


Comparison Of Long Term Cochlear Noise Injury And Age-Related Cochlear Degeneration In Mice, Ashlea Joann Wyrick Jan 2004

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.


Evaluation Of Several Lightweight Stochastic Context-Free Grammars For Rna Secondary Structure Prediction, Robin D. Dowell, Sean R. Eddy Jan 2004

Evaluation Of Several Lightweight Stochastic Context-Free Grammars For Rna Secondary Structure Prediction, Robin D. Dowell, Sean R. Eddy

Open Access Publications

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A Mutation In A Functional Sp1 Binding Site Of The Telomerase Rna Gene (Hterc) Promoter In A Patient With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria, W Nicol Keith, Tom Vulliamy, Jiangqin Zhao, Cem Ar, Can Erzik, Alan Bilsland, Birsen Ulku, Anna Marrone, Philip J. Mason, Monica Bessler, Nedime Serakinci, Inderjeet Dokal Jan 2004

A Mutation In A Functional Sp1 Binding Site Of The Telomerase Rna Gene (Hterc) Promoter In A Patient With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria, W Nicol Keith, Tom Vulliamy, Jiangqin Zhao, Cem Ar, Can Erzik, Alan Bilsland, Birsen Ulku, Anna Marrone, Philip J. Mason, Monica Bessler, Nedime Serakinci, Inderjeet Dokal

Open Access Publications

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Antibody Responses To Brugia Malayi Antigens Induced By Dna Vaccination, Ben-Wen Li, Amy Rush, Shaorong R. Zhang, Kurt C. Curtis, Gary J. Weil Jan 2004

Antibody Responses To Brugia Malayi Antigens Induced By Dna Vaccination, Ben-Wen Li, Amy Rush, Shaorong R. Zhang, Kurt C. Curtis, Gary J. Weil

Open Access Publications

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Information Assessment On Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions, Nan Lin, Baolin Wu, Ronald Jansen, Mark Gerstein, Hongyu Zhao Jan 2004

Information Assessment On Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions, Nan Lin, Baolin Wu, Ronald Jansen, Mark Gerstein, Hongyu Zhao

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Recombinant Antigen-Based Antibody Assays For The Diagnosis And Surveillance Of Lymphatic Filariasis – A Multicenter Trial, Patrick J. Lammie, Gary Weil, Rahman Noordin, Perumal Kaliraj, Cathy Steel, David Goodman, Vijaya B. Lakshmikanthan, Eric Ottesen Jan 2004

Recombinant Antigen-Based Antibody Assays For The Diagnosis And Surveillance Of Lymphatic Filariasis – A Multicenter Trial, Patrick J. Lammie, Gary Weil, Rahman Noordin, Perumal Kaliraj, Cathy Steel, David Goodman, Vijaya B. Lakshmikanthan, Eric Ottesen

Open Access Publications

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Population Genetic Variation In Gene Expression Is Associated With Phenotypic Variation In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Justin C. Fay, Heather L. Mccullough, Paul D. Sniegowski, Michael B. Eisen Jan 2004

Population Genetic Variation In Gene Expression Is Associated With Phenotypic Variation In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Justin C. Fay, Heather L. Mccullough, Paul D. Sniegowski, Michael B. Eisen

Open Access Publications

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Polyphosphoinositides-Dependent Regulation Of The Osteoclast Actin Cytoskeleton And Bone Resorption, Rajat S. Biswas, De Anna Baker, Keith A. Hruska, Meenakshi A. Chellaiah Jan 2004

Polyphosphoinositides-Dependent Regulation Of The Osteoclast Actin Cytoskeleton And Bone Resorption, Rajat S. Biswas, De Anna Baker, Keith A. Hruska, Meenakshi A. Chellaiah

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Thermodynamic Phase Plane Analysis Of Ventricular Contraction And Relaxation, Mustafa Karamanoglu, Sándor J. Kovács Jan 2004

Thermodynamic Phase Plane Analysis Of Ventricular Contraction And Relaxation, Mustafa Karamanoglu, Sándor J. Kovács

Open Access Publications

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Conformational Defects Slow Golgi Exit, Block Oligomerization, And Reduce Raft Affinity Of Caveolin-1 Mutant Proteins, Xiaoyan Ren, Anne G. Ostermeyer, Lynne T. Ramcharan, Youchun Zeng, Douglas M. Lublin, Deborah A. Brown Jan 2004

Conformational Defects Slow Golgi Exit, Block Oligomerization, And Reduce Raft Affinity Of Caveolin-1 Mutant Proteins, Xiaoyan Ren, Anne G. Ostermeyer, Lynne T. Ramcharan, Youchun Zeng, Douglas M. Lublin, Deborah A. Brown

Open Access Publications

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