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Showing 1 to 20 of 133 for “"Deafness"”.
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Ideologies of deafness: Deaf education in Hispanic America
… to articulate a Deaf ideology that considers deafness as a sociocultural characteristic rather than a defect. This dissertation asserts that there are three different types of ideologies that have co-existed since the beginning of time, and that influence deaf education even today: (1) …
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Identification and Characterization of Deafness Genes in Drosophila melanogaster
Das auditorische Organ der Fruchtfliege Drosophila, das im zweiten Antennensegment befindliche Johnstonsche Organ (JO) ist ein nützliches System um Hörprozesse zu untersuchen. JO Neurone und die Haarsinneszellen der Säugetiere werden durch homologe Gene der atonal-Familie genetisch spezifiziert und …
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Psychological implications of acquired deafness for adults of employment age
Acquired deafness is relatively common but has been little researched and has received scant attention from writers on disability. A review of personal experiences, professional observations and the few empirical studies which have been reported, provide enough evidence for the hypothesis that …
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Significance of connexion genes in non-syndromic deafness in Africans
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Profound childhood deafness in South Africa : a clinical and molecular genetic approach
Profound deafness affects approximately one in a thousand infants at birth and two in a thousand children by the age of 6 years. In about half of these children hearing loss is hereditary in origin. In order to elucidate genetic factors in profound childhood deafness in South Africa, a diagnostic …
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Outcomes of Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Adults with Postlingual Deafness: A Systematic Review
… outcomes in ABI patients with postlingual deafness, both with and without tumors. Inclusion criteria included studies that involved at least one adult ABI patient (with or without NF2) with postlingual deafness, who was seen for follow-up auditory performance testing at one-year …
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SURPRISE-INDUCED DEAFNESS -- TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A STIMULUS-DRIVEN LIMITATION IN AUDITORY SELECTIVE ATTENTION
… a new paradigm named surprise-induced deafness (SiD). Series of experiments utilizing rapid auditory stream (RAP) revealed that presenting task-irrelevant, unexpected stimulus (surprise stimulus or SS) impaired conscious detection of designated target. Various factors such as proximity …
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Accuracy of Automated Analysis of Language Samples from Persons with Deafness or Hearing Impairment
Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) and the Language Assessment, Remediation, and Screening Procedure (LARSP) are among the more common analyses for syntax and morphology, and automated versions of these analyses have been shown to be effective. This study measured the accuracy of automated DSS …
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Perceived disability in children and adults with single sided deafness at two tertiary institutions
Background: Single-sided deafness is defined as a severe-to-profound hearing loss in one ear and normal or near-normal hearing in the other ear. The handicap experienced by patients with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is well known, but the consequences of single-sided deafness are often …
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Analysis of the individualized education programs for students with deafness/hearing impairment and learning disabilities
… the existence of a subgroup of students with deafness/hearing impairment (D/HI) who also have learning disabilities. Suggestions addressed the different learning characteristics presented by the learning disability. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the unique educational …
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Hereditary hearing impairment in the Netherlands. Diagnostics, genotype-phenotype correlationsand identification of novel deafness genes
Contains fulltext : 178906.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Anatomical studies of canine vascular and ligamentous ear structures with revelance to acute-onset deafness
… The most likely causes for this acute-onset deafness were considered to be mechanical or vascular. Jaw manipulation as a possible cause of acute-onset deafness in the dog was investigated in the current study. Structures adjacent to the temporomandibular joint were of interest because changes …
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The role of interpreters in accessing psychological support and developing relationships in mental health and Deafness
The Deaf population are vulnerable to experiencing mental health difficulties. A qualitative meta-synthesis, reported in section one of this thesis, sought to explore the experiences of deaf individuals who access mental health services and clinicians who provide those services. The synthesis …
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"individual yet as one": Performing Deafness and Performing Community in Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God
… this thesis, I examine the relationship between deafness, women, and performance in Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God. The play was a massive popular success, both in its run on Broadway and its movie adaptation. Deafness and deaf people had never been so visible in American hearing culture. …
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Language, thought and deafness : conceptual and methodological issues, with reference to visual-spatial processing, control of attention and sign language
… and methodological approach to the study of deafness was necessary if research is to explain why deaf children fail to achieve the scholastic potential predicted by I. Q. tests. This study aims to test the utility and validity of an approach, in which the psychological consequences of …
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Cochlear Implantation as a Treatment Option for Adults with Post-lingual Single Sided Deafness: A Systematic Review of the Literature
<p>Adults with post lingual single sided deafness experience a myriad of issues as a result of their condition. Speech perception in noise and localization are well documented as being compromised in this population due to the loss of binaural auditory input. Cochlear implantation was introduced in …
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Back to Basics: Exploring gestural habits as cues for anticipating self-injurious episodes in a child with Autism and Deafness
… begins with a review of literature on Autism, Deafness and Self-injury, formulates the research design and orientation of Physical Education, Phenomenology and Semiotics, and then systematically explores four distinct phases in the analytical process. The aim was to explore self-injurious …
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A descriptive study investigating functional balance in deaf school-aged children: towards the adaptation and validation of subjective questionnaires
… Balance deficits are common in children with deafness. They have an impact on the child's general well-being and holistic development. However, the extent to which children with deafness experience this condition is relatively unknown given the inability of children to communicate their …
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Electrophysiological and behavioural measures of central auditory processing in adult cochlear implant users
… of implant use 37.5 months).Duration of profound deafness prior to implantation ranged from 1 - 40 years (mean 15.6 years).Middle latency response (MLR), obligatory N1-P2 cortical potentials, mismatch negativity and P3a auditory evoked potential were recorded. Speech perception was evaluated using …
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