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Effects Of Antioxidant Enzyme Inhibitors On Free Radical Levels In Mice And Possible Clinical Applications For Decreasing Ros Damage In The Cochlea, Tina M. Prout Jan 2000

Effects Of Antioxidant Enzyme Inhibitors On Free Radical Levels In Mice And Possible Clinical Applications For Decreasing Ros Damage In The Cochlea, Tina M. Prout

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines an experiment to determine if impairment of antioxident protective agents resulted in elevated ROS levels in mice.


Noise Exposure Impact In A Manufacturing Environment: A Hearing Conservation Program Needs Assessment, Jill Diesman Jan 2000

Noise Exposure Impact In A Manufacturing Environment: A Hearing Conservation Program Needs Assessment, Jill Diesman

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines a study conducted to evaluate the impact of occupational noise exposure and the role of a hearing conservation program in the occupational setting.


Investigation Of The Effect Of Macrophages And Other Leukocytes On Hair Cell Regeneration In The Avian Inner Ear, Elizabeth L. Simkus Jan 2000

Investigation Of The Effect Of Macrophages And Other Leukocytes On Hair Cell Regeneration In The Avian Inner Ear, Elizabeth L. Simkus

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper investigates the relationship between hair cell proliferation and immunosuppression in chicks.


Subjective Preference For A High Power Hearing Aid Utilizing A Directional Microphone, Maureen M. Stephens Jan 2000

Subjective Preference For A High Power Hearing Aid Utilizing A Directional Microphone, Maureen M. Stephens

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses the use of a directional microphone by hearing aid users.


Challenges And Barriers To Early Intervention Services For Children With Hearing Impairments Between The Ages Of 0-3 Years, Christie Summerville Jan 2000

Challenges And Barriers To Early Intervention Services For Children With Hearing Impairments Between The Ages Of 0-3 Years, Christie Summerville

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses early intervention programs in accordance with IDEA for hearing impaired children.


Do Child Cochlear Implant Users Who Are Perceived Unfavorably As Communication Partners Have Poor Self-Esteem?, Mary Vitt Jan 2000

Do Child Cochlear Implant Users Who Are Perceived Unfavorably As Communication Partners Have Poor Self-Esteem?, Mary Vitt

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines self-esteem issues with children who wear a cochlear implant.


Outlook Magazine, Winter 2000 Jan 2000

Outlook Magazine, Winter 2000

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Surfactant Protein-D And Pulmonary Host Defense, Erika C. Crouch Jan 2000

Surfactant Protein-D And Pulmonary Host Defense, Erika C. Crouch

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.


Outlook Magazine, Spring 2000 Jan 2000

Outlook Magazine, Spring 2000

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Outlook Magazine, Fall 2000 Jan 2000

Outlook Magazine, Fall 2000

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Outlook Magazine, Summer 2000 Jan 2000

Outlook Magazine, Summer 2000

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Hiv And Aids Awareness In The Deaf Community, Rodrick Easterly Jan 1999

Hiv And Aids Awareness In The Deaf Community, Rodrick Easterly

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines awareness of HIV and AIDS in the Deaf community.


A Hearing Aid Orientation Pamphlet For Clinical Use With First-Time Hearing Aid Users, Brian M. Kreisman Jan 1999

A Hearing Aid Orientation Pamphlet For Clinical Use With First-Time Hearing Aid Users, Brian M. Kreisman

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses the use of a pamphlet to help first-time hearing aid users adjust to their hearing aids.


The Applicability Of The Test Of Word Knowledge To Hearing-Impaired Children, Brigid Zemann Jan 1999

The Applicability Of The Test Of Word Knowledge To Hearing-Impaired Children, Brigid Zemann

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper evaluates a receptive and expressive vocabulary test, The Test of Word Knowledge, to determine its applicability to deaf students and to compare its results with other vocabulary tests.


The Relation Between Parental Attitudes And Cochlear Implant Benefit In Eight And Nine Year-Old Children, Danielle Pennel Jan 1999

The Relation Between Parental Attitudes And Cochlear Implant Benefit In Eight And Nine Year-Old Children, Danielle Pennel

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines the relation between the speech perception abilities of children with a cochlear implant and parental attitudes.


The Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test And Its Use With Hearing-Impaired Children, Tiffany Brill Jan 1999

The Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test And Its Use With Hearing-Impaired Children, Tiffany Brill

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses the Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test and whether it is suitable for hearing-impaired children.


Social-Emotional Adustment In Deaf Children: An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Academic And Speech Perception Abilities To Social-Emotional Adjustment, Lisa D. Cantarini Jan 1999

Social-Emotional Adustment In Deaf Children: An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Academic And Speech Perception Abilities To Social-Emotional Adjustment, Lisa D. Cantarini

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses the results of a study undertaken to determine if there is a relationship between psychological variables and cognitive or academic variables among hearing-impaired children.


Visual Speech Perception: A Comparison Between Younger And Older Adults, Valerie Ann Pavlovich Jan 1999

Visual Speech Perception: A Comparison Between Younger And Older Adults, Valerie Ann Pavlovich

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper examines the visual speech processing abilities of older adults and the age-related effects on speechreading abilities.


Verifying And Constructing Validity For The Chive, Susan Rathgeb Jan 1999

Verifying And Constructing Validity For The Chive, Susan Rathgeb

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses the use of the CHIVE test for speechreading assessment.


Subjective Impressions Of Child Cochlear-Implant Users: Effects Of Conversational Fluency, Intelligibility, Speech Perception, And Communication Mode, Sharon Shoults Jan 1999

Subjective Impressions Of Child Cochlear-Implant Users: Effects Of Conversational Fluency, Intelligibility, Speech Perception, And Communication Mode, Sharon Shoults

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper investigates the conversational fluency of young cochlear implant users. The study compares objective measures and subjective impressions of conversation fluency, relates how children’s communication skills influence both objective and subjective measures of conversational fluency, and compares the performance of children who use an oral mode with those who use a total communication mode in everyday conversation.


Outlook Magazine, Fall 1999 Jan 1999

Outlook Magazine, Fall 1999

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Outlook Magazine, Spring 1999 Jan 1999

Outlook Magazine, Spring 1999

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Patient Satisfaction In The Central Institute For The Deaf Clinic, Rebecca A. Thompson Jan 1999

Patient Satisfaction In The Central Institute For The Deaf Clinic, Rebecca A. Thompson

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses a patient satisfaction survey developed for the Central Institute for the Deaf Clinic. The goal of the survey project was to establish a patient satisfaction for services baseline and to examine factors affecting patient satisfaction, such as degree of hearing loss, gender, age, and experience of the audiologist.


Outlook Magazine, Winter 1999 Jan 1999

Outlook Magazine, Winter 1999

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Outlook Magazine, Summer 1999 Jan 1999

Outlook Magazine, Summer 1999

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.


Use Of Personal Protective Equipment And Operating Room Behaviors In Four Surgical Subspecialties: Personal Protective Equipment And Behaviors In Surgery, Deniz Akduman, Lynn E. Kim, Rodney L. Parks, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, Sunita Mutha, Donna B. Jeffe, Bradley A. Evanoff, Victoria J. Fraser Jan 1999

Use Of Personal Protective Equipment And Operating Room Behaviors In Four Surgical Subspecialties: Personal Protective Equipment And Behaviors In Surgery, Deniz Akduman, Lynn E. Kim, Rodney L. Parks, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, Sunita Mutha, Donna B. Jeffe, Bradley A. Evanoff, Victoria J. Fraser

Occupational and Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Healthcare Workers' Perceptions Of Occupational Exposure, Sunita Mutha, Donna B. Jeffe, Lynn E. Kim, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, Bradley A. Evanoff, Victoria J. Fraser Jan 1999

Healthcare Workers' Perceptions Of Occupational Exposure, Sunita Mutha, Donna B. Jeffe, Lynn E. Kim, Paul B. L'Ecuyer, Bradley A. Evanoff, Victoria J. Fraser

Occupational and Health Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The High Risk Register And Identification Of Hearing Impaired Infants In An Nicu, Julie A. Wirth Jan 1998

The High Risk Register And Identification Of Hearing Impaired Infants In An Nicu, Julie A. Wirth

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper discusses hearing tests of infants in a NICU.


Structural Analysis Of Narratives Produced By Normal-Hearing And Deaf Children, Jillian Ann Crosson Jan 1998

Structural Analysis Of Narratives Produced By Normal-Hearing And Deaf Children, Jillian Ann Crosson

Independent Studies and Capstones

This dissertation presents two experiments investigating the structural analysis of narratives produced by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children. The results suggest that the evaluation of deaf children’s language at a discourse level is both possible and more relevant to academic achievement than traditional assessment procedures that focus on assessing language at a word, phrase or sentence level.


Multimedia Telephone Systems As A Valuable Communication Tool For The Hearing-Impaired, Kerri A. Cook Jan 1998

Multimedia Telephone Systems As A Valuable Communication Tool For The Hearing-Impaired, Kerri A. Cook

Independent Studies and Capstones

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