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Development of audiovisual comprehension skills in prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Objective: The present study investigated the development of audiovisual comprehension skills in prelingually deaf children who received cochlear implants.
Bergeson, Tonya R.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Cortical correlates of speech intelligibility measured using functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

open access: yesHearing Research, 2018
Functional neuroimaging has identified that the temporal, frontal and parietal cortex support core aspects of speech processing. An objective measure of speech intelligibility based on cortical activation in these brain regions would be extremely useful ...
R. Lawrence   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Noise, Age, and Gender Effects on Speech Intelligibility and Sentence Comprehension for 11- to 13-Year-Old Children in Real Classrooms

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of type of noise, age, and gender on children’s speech intelligibility (SI) and sentence comprehension (SC).
Nicola Prodi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Word Intelligibility in Spoken and Sung Phrases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Twenty listeners were exposed to spoken and sung passages in English produced by three trained vocalists. Passages included representative words extracted from a large database of vocal lyrics, including both popular and classical repertoires.
Collister, Lauren Brittany, Huron, David
core   +5 more sources

Quantifying the Pressure of Labial and Buccinator Regions Pre‐ and Post‐ Facial Nerve Reanimation

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Flaccid facial nerve paralysis (FFNP) impairs oral function and quality of life. Tensor fascia lata slings (TFL) are used to improve oral competence. This study used the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) to measure oral competence in patients with FFNP undergoing facial reanimation.
Emma Charters   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptual adaptation by normally hearing listeners to a simulated "hole" in hearing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Simulations of cochlear implants have demonstrated that the deleterious effects of a frequency misalignment between analysis bands and characteristic frequencies at basally shifted simulated electrode locations are significantly reduced with training ...
Andrew Faulkner   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Equity by Design: A Positive Organizational Scholarship Approach to Human Resource‐Artificial Intelligence Systems Design

open access: yesHuman Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In today's polarized sociopolitical climate, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts increasingly face backlash, with equity in particular becoming marginalized in both scholarly and practitioner discourse despite its central importance for ensuring fair allocation of opportunities and resources across the employee lifecycle.
Tiffany M. Trzebiatowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of delayed and frequency shifted feedback on speakers with Parkinson disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Delayed auditory feedback (DAF) has been assessed as a rate reduction and intelligibility enhancing tool in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) for some time.
Brendel, Bettina   +2 more
core  

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