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Showing 1 to 20 of 281 for “"Audiology"”.
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Loudness models for rehabilitative audiology
This thesis is devoted towards the loudness perception of normal- and hearing-impaired listeners. It starts with a description of a field-test performed with a wearable DSP prototype hearing aid, which aims at restoring loudness perception in the individual hearing-impaired listener with different …
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Transition Issues in Educational Audiology
<p>Despite advancements in assistive technology for hearing loss (hearing aids, cochlear implants), children with hearing loss still face a host of issues throughout the educational process, particularly during transitional periods. This literature review examines the existing research discussing …
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Current tele-audiology services in clinical practice and the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on audiologists? perceptions of tele-audiology
Approximately 20% of patients who undergo anti-reflux surgery will report a recurrence of reflux symptoms or develop new symptoms, with 5% ultimately requiring revision fundoplication. The aim of this study is to document symptoms at representation, pre-operative work-up and intraoperative findings …
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Perceptions of Racism and Racial Privilege Among Speech Pathology and Audiology Graduate Students
… the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology, cultural responsiveness plays an integral role in ethical and successful service delivery. A key component of cultural responsiveness is assessment of cultural biases, including an understanding and acknowledgement of racial disparities …
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Patients' Perceptions of Person-Centred Care in Audiology: A South African Cross-Sectional Survey
… and implementing a tool to measure South African audiology patients' perspectives of PCC (PP-PCC), will not only address this paucity in literature, but further inspire PCC strategies which could lead to improvement in clinical practice and quality of care. Aims: 1) To create a tool to assess …
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Survey of the Diagnostic, Rehabilitative, Educational, and Inter-professional Changes in the Profession of Audiology
<p><strong>Background:</strong> The profession of audiology has undergone dramatic changes since its inception. A survey of audiologists working in a variety of settings was conducted to gain insight into their perspective on how the scope of audiology practice has changed overtime. Participants …
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A profile of the speech therapy and audiology clientele at a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape
… client data with regard to Speech Therapy and Audiology Services in South Africa to support proactive service planning. This study therefore aimed to describe trends in the demographic, diagnostic, and attendance variables of first-time clients who had attended the Speech Therapy and Audiology …
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Clinical educators' expectations and experiences of supervising audiology students in South Africa a focus on race and language
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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An Exploration of Audiologists' Readiness to Adopt Connected Hearing Healthcare for Remote Hearing Aid Fitting
… technologies. This model, extended to audiology, can help to better ‘connect’ a patient to their own care process and to their provider during audiological diagnostics, treatment, and management services, at a distance and in an effective and timely manner. The strong capacity for and …
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What is the self-reported person-centred care competency and observed implementation of final year audiology students during their clinical encounters?
… the professional, client, and organization. In audiology, the majority of PCC research conducted thus far has been focused on practicing audiologists and in higher income countries. Many of the studies have also focused on PCC preferences, with fewer studies exploring the implementation of PCC …
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Hearing health care in the United States: A multi-scale spatial & political economic analysis of health care policy and access to audiology services
… The services to diagnose and treat hearing loss—audiology services—are not covered under most insurance plans, nor are they covered beyond a physician-referred assessment under Medicare; moreover, coverage of audiological services for adults under Medicaid varies state-by-state (Arnold, Hyer and …
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Time-compressed speech in hearing aid evaluations
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept.of Audiology and Speech Sciences, 1976
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The effect of varying lung volume on intraoral air pressure and air flow rate : a report of three experiments
… (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Audiology and Speech Sciences, 1975
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A phonetic analysis of time-compressed CNC monosyllables
… (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Audiology and Speech Sciences, 1972
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Auditory resynthesis abilities of black and white first- and third-grade children
… (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Audiology and Speech Sciences, 1970
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Auditory synthesizing abilities of children with varying degrees of articulatory proficiency
… (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Audiology and Speech Science, 1969
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Values in American Hearing Healthcare
… aids, revealing a values shift from traditional audiology’s focus on accuracy, safety, and subjective benefit to prioritizing access and affordability. Implementing an OTC service delivery model for hearing healthcare promoted values different from those of traditional audiology. Still, the …
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Improving hearing aid access, use and outcomes in adults
The thesis outlines how alternative audiology service delivery model including the community based hearing aid fitting model can be employed to improve access to hearing loss treatment. This overall promotes hearing healthcare wellness to broader communities, regardless of affordability.
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Exploring the audiological management of young children (0-6 years) diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
… has a paediatric infectious diseases unit and an audiology department. Demographic and audiological data were recorded on a self-developed data abstraction form and data were analysed descriptively. Results. A total of 291 patient folders were accessed for review in this study. Of those, 40 …
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Personnel preparation in early intervention: An initial investigation into content specification
… development for 10 specific disciplines (Audiology, Education, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, and Speech and Language Pathology).
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