... early identification and intervention programmes. South Africa has taken a first step toward addressing this need by publishing a Year 2002 Hearing Screening Position Statement that was produced by the Professional Board for Speech, Language and Hearing Professions of the Health Professions Council ...
Tinnitus in Children and Teenagers Practice Guidance
... that does not ‘match’ observations • Practitioners must be alert to “soft” of the child outside hearing tests. signs that a child has tinnitus. These include signs of agitation, or avoidance strategies in anticipation • Compared to adults, children are of PTA (Section 3) and audiological much less l ...
... that does not ‘match’ observations • Practitioners must be alert to “soft” of the child outside hearing tests. signs that a child has tinnitus. These include signs of agitation, or avoidance strategies in anticipation • Compared to adults, children are of PTA (Section 3) and audiological much less l ...
The History of Cochlear Implants
... the first time only a few hours earlier and all of a sudden in walks the newborn hearingscreening technician with some devastating news. Your new daughter is deaf, possibly profoundly deaf. There are many questions that have arisen with this news. What will we do? Will she ever be able to speak? Wil ...
... the first time only a few hours earlier and all of a sudden in walks the newborn hearingscreening technician with some devastating news. Your new daughter is deaf, possibly profoundly deaf. There are many questions that have arisen with this news. What will we do? Will she ever be able to speak? Wil ...
DARLENE R. KETTEN Biology Department Department of Otology
... Blast and Traumatic Brain Injury trauma diagnostic imaging ...
... Blast and Traumatic Brain Injury trauma diagnostic imaging ...
ABSTRACT Title of Document:
... and the loudness contour (LC)]. The underlying objective was to determine if any of these measures can be used to predict the LDL. A finding of a strong relationship between these measures could potentially assist in the creation of an objective method to measure LDLs, which may have implications fo ...
... and the loudness contour (LC)]. The underlying objective was to determine if any of these measures can be used to predict the LDL. A finding of a strong relationship between these measures could potentially assist in the creation of an objective method to measure LDLs, which may have implications fo ...
Darlene R. Ketten - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
... basic research side, I focus on understanding how ear structures that vary by species relate to differences in hearing abilities. These two areas cross-pollinate; the basic research helps us to understand how changes in an ear, brought about by disease, are markers for specific forms of hearing loss ...
... basic research side, I focus on understanding how ear structures that vary by species relate to differences in hearing abilities. These two areas cross-pollinate; the basic research helps us to understand how changes in an ear, brought about by disease, are markers for specific forms of hearing loss ...
How to See What Whales Hear: Biomedical imaging reveals new
... basic research side, I focus on understanding how ear structures that vary by species relate to differences in hearing abilities. These two areas cross-pollinate; the basic research helps us to understand how changes in an ear, brought about by disease, are markers for specific forms of hearing loss ...
... basic research side, I focus on understanding how ear structures that vary by species relate to differences in hearing abilities. These two areas cross-pollinate; the basic research helps us to understand how changes in an ear, brought about by disease, are markers for specific forms of hearing loss ...
Geriatric Audiology: Clients’ perspectives of South Africa.
... perspectives of the geriatric individuals with a hearing loss regarding the audiological service delivery received. This study aimed to determine the perspectives of the geriatric individuals with a hearing loss in this regard. Convenience sampling was utilised to recruit 50 geriatric individuals wh ...
... perspectives of the geriatric individuals with a hearing loss regarding the audiological service delivery received. This study aimed to determine the perspectives of the geriatric individuals with a hearing loss in this regard. Convenience sampling was utilised to recruit 50 geriatric individuals wh ...
The value of using the Operational Model of behaviour change
... triple again by 2050. This extended life expectancy is predicted to increase the prevalence of long-term diseases in the elderly populace. Since hearing loss is associated with other factors that reduce quality of life, the effect on health provision is compounded. Untreated hearing loss often means ...
... triple again by 2050. This extended life expectancy is predicted to increase the prevalence of long-term diseases in the elderly populace. Since hearing loss is associated with other factors that reduce quality of life, the effect on health provision is compounded. Untreated hearing loss often means ...
THE INFLUENCE OF NON-LINEAR FREQUENCY COMPRESSION ON MUSIC PERCEPTION FOR
... to complete all the sub-tests of the MPT. Furthermore, the use of NFC resulted in a statistically significant improvement in hearing aid users’ perception of timbre and melody, but not of pitch. Overall, no statistically significant improvement in their perception of rhythm was observed, although th ...
... to complete all the sub-tests of the MPT. Furthermore, the use of NFC resulted in a statistically significant improvement in hearing aid users’ perception of timbre and melody, but not of pitch. Overall, no statistically significant improvement in their perception of rhythm was observed, although th ...
Comparison of multiple auditory steady
... These frequencies were chosen due to the requirements of the Workers Compensation Act of British Columbia. The brief tone stimuli had a 10 ms rise/fall time with a 40 ms plateau for a total duration of 60 ms and were presented at a rate of 0.9 per second. As is normally done in the WCB Audiology Uni ...
... These frequencies were chosen due to the requirements of the Workers Compensation Act of British Columbia. The brief tone stimuli had a 10 ms rise/fall time with a 40 ms plateau for a total duration of 60 ms and were presented at a rate of 0.9 per second. As is normally done in the WCB Audiology Uni ...
Cochlear Implant - Capital Blue Cross
... “Unilateral cochlear implantation is safe and effective for adults and children and likely to be cost-effective in profoundly deaf adults and profoundly and prelingually deaf children.” Bond et al published 2 other systematic reviews on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of unilateral cochlear impl ...
... “Unilateral cochlear implantation is safe and effective for adults and children and likely to be cost-effective in profoundly deaf adults and profoundly and prelingually deaf children.” Bond et al published 2 other systematic reviews on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of unilateral cochlear impl ...
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... biological significance and reversibility of any reported findings is critical. Due to differences in auditory ...
... biological significance and reversibility of any reported findings is critical. Due to differences in auditory ...
noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus
... The pathophysiology of tinnitus is not yet fully understood. There are several theories of the pathophysiology of tinnitus (Martina-Devesa 2007): One theory suggests that tinnitus is caused by excessive or abnormal spontaneous activity in the auditory system and in related cerebral areas. Lockwood p ...
... The pathophysiology of tinnitus is not yet fully understood. There are several theories of the pathophysiology of tinnitus (Martina-Devesa 2007): One theory suggests that tinnitus is caused by excessive or abnormal spontaneous activity in the auditory system and in related cerebral areas. Lockwood p ...
Earplug
An earplug is a device that is meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the user's ears from loud noises or the intrusion of water, foreign bodies, dust or excessive wind.