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A Description Of Scheduling Methods And Caseloads In The Utah Public Schools, Jocelyn A. Taylor

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the following:

1. What methods of scheduling, namely intermittent or block, are used most by clinicians working in Utah public schools.

2. What is the average size and composition of caseloads of Utah public school clinicians. Conclusions are drawn as to the implications of the data collected and based on these conclusions, recommendations are made.

Reliability Comparisons Of Navajo Indian And American Caucasian Individuals Responding To Acoustic Stimuli From Conventional And Automatic Recording Audiometers, J. Clinton Harris

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A study was made to determine the reliability of Navajo Indian and American Caucasian subjects to air conducted pure tones.

Audiograms were obtained on 30 Navajo and 27 Caucasian subjects as they responded to pure tones presented via a conventional audiometric technique and also via an automatic recording technique.

One audiogram via conventional audiometry and one audiogram via automatic audiometry were obtained on the same day. Replications of the same tests were administered on the following day.

Statistical analysis of the data was employed to determine the reliability of repeated test measurements. Mean threshold differences, standard deviations, Student's "t" test …

A Survey Of Awareness Programs Regarding Infant Hearing Loss, Ronald Rao Bateman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Hearing conservation specialists are aware of the need for early identification and diagnosis of impaired hearing. This awareness of need has led to the development of several identification methods in the United States. Public awareness programs designed to inform laymen and professionals of the danger signals of infant hearing impairment currently are coming into focus, both as a separate entity and as part of total identification procedures.

Current public awareness programs regarding infant hearing loss were surveyed in the present study and recommendations on a model awareness program of this type were obtained. Fifty-one hearing conservation specialists participated in the …