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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Hearing devices"”.
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Model-based prediction of the benefit with rehabilitative hearing devices
In dieser Doktorarbeit wurde die Eignung von auditorischen Modellen für die Vorhersage des Nutzens von rehabilitativen Hörhilfen untersucht. Hörhilfen waren dabei zum einen einkanalige Störgeräuschreduktionen, zum anderen ein simuliertes Cochlea-Implantat. Der erste Nutzen wurde mit dem Acceptable …
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Design of a Surgically-Viable Umbo Microphone For Implantable Assistive Hearing Devices
Assistive hearing devices have enabled the restoration of one the most important senses. These technologies have changed the lives of millions, but there are also hindrances which arise. Today’s hearing devices are bulky, can only be worn during the day, and do not function well in noisy …
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Ultrasonic cyborg hearing
… techniques for pitch shifting and ultrasonic hearing devices. Several natural and technical ultrasound sources are listed as well. Additionally a personal account of the perceptive experience of wearing the prototype is discussed together with possible future implications of cybernetic implant …
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Exploring Hearing Aid Use in Older Adults through Narratives
This study explores the lived experience of hearing aid use and non-use of older individuals with hearing loss. A narrative approach was used to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning and contextual issues that impact upon the adaptation process of older adults and their transitions in using …
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Perceived stigma and social relationships: Deaf and hard of hearing adolescent and parent perspectives
… of Life Instrument – Deafness and Hard of Hearing (YQoL-DHH) module measures adolescent QoL including in the perceived stigma and social relationship domains. Few studies have compared parent-report and youth-report results regarding QoL and no prior studies have focused specifically on …
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Hearing Aid Coverage for Arizona Medicaid: A Model Proposal and Stakeholder Mobilization
… to support low-income adults, aged 22-64, with hearing loss. This is in part because Arizona does not have hearing health coverage through Medicaid. Medicaid is a state and federally funded low-income healthcare coverage plan. To change this, seven students of the doctor-of-audiology program at …
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Influence of spatial cues on the identification and the localization of objects in the auditory foreground
… presents a fundamental challenge for the hearing impaired, hearing aid design and speech recognition algorithms. It is hopeful that the findings in this dissertation will inspire new biologically-based algorithms for auditory scene analysis and in turn, influence designs in assistive …
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Exploring the lived experiences of hearing mothers of Deaf children in Lebanon: A phenomenological study
… the medical model which pathologizes hearing loss and congenital deafness as something to fix, and the sociocultural model which views deafness as a cultural identity. Deaf communities have their own distinct culture, values, history, art, language and mode of communication. However, …
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Early and Late Stage Mechanisms for Vocalization Processing in the Human Auditory System
… ethologically-relevant sounds encountered by hearing individuals. Subtle acoustic characteristics of these vocalizations aid in determining the identity, emotional state, health, intent, etc. of the producer. The ability to assess vocalizations is likely subserved by a specialized network of …
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Investing the effects of body-coupled ultrasound on the auditory system for a novel hearing aid
… This technology has the potential to create new hearing devices that provide benefits that traditional hearing prosthetics are not able due to the higher stimulation frequencies of ultrasound. However, there are no studies that investigate in depth how the activation of ultrasound influences the …
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Perceptions of teachers and pupils on factors affecting academic performance of pupils with hearing impairement in selected special schools in Muchinga and Northern provinces, Zambia.
Academic performance of learners with hearing impairment has continued to decline far below their hearing counterparts. Further comparison tests on performance in various subjects among different SEN learners indicate that those with Hearing Impairments (HI) were lagging behind. Therefore, this …