Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Department "Hearing and Speech Sciences"
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(2012-04-05)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this project is to define for young, middle age, and elderly subjects the best frequency(cies) to record both the cVEMP and the oVEMP. An additional objective of this study is to describe the age related ...
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(2011-12-10)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesFor this dissertation, primary aims included investigating the effects of musical training on attention, working memory, and auditory stream segregation as they relate to music perception and speech understanding in noise. ...
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(2016-06-27)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this study was to quantify the rate of apoptosis and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) signaling in vocal fold epithelial cells in response to increasing time-doses and cycle-doses of vibration. 20 New ...
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(2016-08-11)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesVocal fold paralysis (VFP) that results from injury to motor axons in the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is a common clinical problem. In the majority of these patients, misdirected regeneration of neural fibers in the ...
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(2015-04-30)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe cervical vestibular myogenic potential (cVEMP) is a sound-evoked sonomotor response that can be recorded from the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscles in the neck. There is general agreement that the cVEMP provides ...
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(2014-07-22)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesPurpose: The purpose of this study was to empirically assess whether preschool-age CWS’s emotional diathesis (vulnerability), emotional stress, and their interaction are associated with these children’s stuttered disfluencies ...
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(2019-03-14)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThis study evaluates evidence of validity of multiple vocal measures purported to assess vocal development in young children with autism spectrum disorder in the early stages of language learning. Participants include 87 ...
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Expressive language intratest scatter and attention problems of preschool-age children who stutter (2012-10-15)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesPurpose: The purpose of this study was to assess attention problems and intratest scatter (variability) of responses to standardized tests of expressive language by preschool-age children who do (CWS) and do not stutter ...
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(2010-04-10)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThis thesis is concerned with auditory motion perception and the combinations of cues that contribute to human sensitivity of signals that change in spatial position. Measurement of how sensitive individuals are to the ...
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(2015-03-25)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThere is substantial heterogeneity within the population of children with language impairment (Bishop, 1998; Leonard, 2014). This heterogeneity has led the research community to consider the possibility of subtypes of ...
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(2017-03-21)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesChildren with hearing loss are at risk for vocabulary delays which can subsequently impact their language and literacy outcomes. Although direct vocabulary instruction can be effective, previous research indicates teachers ...
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(2012-04-13)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesBinaural hearing results in a number of listening advantages relative to monaural hearing, including enhanced hearing sensitivity and better speech understanding in adverse listening conditions. These advantages are ...
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(2012-08-13)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesMother-infant attachment is a connection between a child and his/her mother that is dependent upon maternal sensitivity and accessibility. This relationship is well studied in children with typical development as well as ...
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(2015-04-30)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesBackground/Purpose: Research evidence regarding the efficacy of voice rest after microflap excision of benign vocal fold lesions is limited. This both results from and contributes to a lack of agreed-upon practice patterns ...
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(2009-08-21)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe goal of this study was to examine word learning in preschool children with low socioeconomic status (SES) to inform an understanding of the limited word knowledge of this population. There is evidence to suggest that ...
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(2012-10-12)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesBackground/Purpose: Despite its widespread use, limited research exists exploring compliance with prescribed voice rest. The current study explored the relationship between personality and level of patient compliance with ...
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(2015-04-30)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThis study examined the predictive value of orthographic processing versus orthographic knowledge for spelling proficiency. Third-grade students with typical language and literacy skills completed measures of orthographic ...
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(2014-06-26)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesPurpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand problem behaviors in young children with hearing loss (HL) who use listening and spoken language. Method: Children with HL were compared to same-aged peers with ...
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(2019-04-01)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesIndividuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate proficient reading decoding skills, yet they may still experience difficulty performing reading comprehension tasks. This profile may lead ...
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(2016-03-22)Department: Hearing and Speech SciencesThe purpose of this study was to describe return to school after sports-related concussion, including absences, academic performance, receipt of accommodations, and satisfaction of the parent/child with classroom accommodations ...