{"title":"Phoniatric and logopaedic rehabilitation of implanted children: rehabilitation and assessment at the pre-verbal stage.","authors":"M Tait","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"46 ","pages":"76-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20249074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foreword to Scandinavian Audiology Supplement Hearing International and the Promotion of Global Ear Care (G.E.C.) programs.","authors":"T Lundborg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"45 ","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20248623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E J van Hierden, A M Vermeulen, F Coninx, B A Elsendoorn
{"title":"A standardized speech production test battery and word intelligibility measures obtained in deaf children.","authors":"E J van Hierden, A M Vermeulen, F Coninx, B A Elsendoorn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"47 ","pages":"83-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20355033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hearing International Japan for prevention and care of deafness and hearing disorders.","authors":"J Suzuki","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"45 ","pages":"25-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20247916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ear care facilities and programs in the Mediterranean area.","authors":"A Quaranta","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"45 ","pages":"37-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20247919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Audiometric evaluation of hearing loss in children.","authors":"B McCormick","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"46 ","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20247930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Project SICONA endeavours to satisfy the specific needs of the severely hearing impaired. A complex system is introduced, consisting of several speech processing modules to achieve an improvement of the communication ability within the target group. The basic methods are improving the S/N-ratio by multichannel wireless FM transmission, enhancing weak consonants and second formant information and transposing the unvoiced fricative /s/ into the residual hearing area. Single case studies indicate the effectiveness of the proposed methods; improved reception of speech features within the F2 range and successful integration of the replacement /s/ could be shown. Practical useability is achieved by introducing wireless coupling between the miniaturized (SMD technology, ASIC) system components.
{"title":"SICONA: the development of signal conditioning communication aids for the severely hearing impaired.","authors":"D Bauer, D Röckmann, N van Son","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Project SICONA endeavours to satisfy the specific needs of the severely hearing impaired. A complex system is introduced, consisting of several speech processing modules to achieve an improvement of the communication ability within the target group. The basic methods are improving the S/N-ratio by multichannel wireless FM transmission, enhancing weak consonants and second formant information and transposing the unvoiced fricative /s/ into the residual hearing area. Single case studies indicate the effectiveness of the proposed methods; improved reception of speech features within the F2 range and successful integration of the replacement /s/ could be shown. Practical useability is achieved by introducing wireless coupling between the miniaturized (SMD technology, ASIC) system components.</p>","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"47 ","pages":"34-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20356414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The remarkable number of syndromic genetic hearing loss (about 150), the extreme variety of clinical signs that can be associated with the hearing loss, and the different possible combinations make the diagnosis od syndromic genetic hearing loss sometimes very difficult and motivated the development of an expert system (G-DEAFNEX). A collection centre is proposed: to act as a referral centre, for patients with suspected syndromic genetic hearing loss, that aids the diagnostic procedure; to act as a centre for the collection of data on patients with known syndromic genetic hearing loss; to collaborate with Hearing International in a worldwide epidemiological study on syndromic genetic hearing loss; to refine the G-DEAFNEX expert system.
{"title":"Worldwide analysis and collection centre for data on syndromic genetic hearing loss: a new proposal.","authors":"G Grisanti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The remarkable number of syndromic genetic hearing loss (about 150), the extreme variety of clinical signs that can be associated with the hearing loss, and the different possible combinations make the diagnosis od syndromic genetic hearing loss sometimes very difficult and motivated the development of an expert system (G-DEAFNEX). A collection centre is proposed: to act as a referral centre, for patients with suspected syndromic genetic hearing loss, that aids the diagnostic procedure; to act as a centre for the collection of data on patients with known syndromic genetic hearing loss; to collaborate with Hearing International in a worldwide epidemiological study on syndromic genetic hearing loss; to refine the G-DEAFNEX expert system.</p>","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"42 ","pages":"23-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19645061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M N Kotby, W A Wafy, N A Rifaie, N H Abdel-Nasserr, E E Aref, A A Elsharkawy
The character of speech of hearing impaired children was evaluated via multidimensional protocol in order to provide sensitive and quantitative measures of assessment. 20 children (9 males and 11 females) with moderate to severe hearing impairment, were studied. The protocol of assessment included auditory perceptual assessment (APA) (documented by high fidelity audiorecording), audiological assessment, formal testings, aerodynamic assessment and acoustic analysis. APA showed addected vowels (90%), affected suprasegmental phonology; rate (60%), stress (80%), tonality (85%); decreased resonance (15%); affected voice (45%) and affected intelligibility (85%). Aerodynamic results showed highly significant increase in the subglottic pressure, highly significant decrease in glottal resistance and glottal efficiency, indicating a possible breakdown in respiratory, phonatory and articulatory coordination. Spectrographic results showed significant increase in the syllable duration; vowel duration and sentence duration. Visi-Pitch results showed highly significant increase in the intensity, significant decrease in the maximum fundamental frequency (Fo) and highly significant decrease in the percent pause. The accoustic findings may represent a quantitative correlate to some of the subjective observations of APA.
{"title":"Multidimensional analysis of speech of hearing impaired children.","authors":"M N Kotby, W A Wafy, N A Rifaie, N H Abdel-Nasserr, E E Aref, A A Elsharkawy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The character of speech of hearing impaired children was evaluated via multidimensional protocol in order to provide sensitive and quantitative measures of assessment. 20 children (9 males and 11 females) with moderate to severe hearing impairment, were studied. The protocol of assessment included auditory perceptual assessment (APA) (documented by high fidelity audiorecording), audiological assessment, formal testings, aerodynamic assessment and acoustic analysis. APA showed addected vowels (90%), affected suprasegmental phonology; rate (60%), stress (80%), tonality (85%); decreased resonance (15%); affected voice (45%) and affected intelligibility (85%). Aerodynamic results showed highly significant increase in the subglottic pressure, highly significant decrease in glottal resistance and glottal efficiency, indicating a possible breakdown in respiratory, phonatory and articulatory coordination. Spectrographic results showed significant increase in the syllable duration; vowel duration and sentence duration. Visi-Pitch results showed highly significant increase in the intensity, significant decrease in the maximum fundamental frequency (Fo) and highly significant decrease in the percent pause. The accoustic findings may represent a quantitative correlate to some of the subjective observations of APA.</p>","PeriodicalId":76517,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian audiology. Supplementum","volume":"42 ","pages":"27-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19645062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}