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Testing listening effort for speech comprehension using the individuals’ cognitive spare capacity
Audiology Research, 2011 Most hearing aid fittings today are almost solely based on the patient’s audiogram. Although the loss of gain in the cochlea is important, for a more optimal fitting, more individual parameters of the patient’s cochlear loss together with the patient's ...
N. Rönnberg, S. Stenfelt, M. Rudner
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The genetics of learning disabilities [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1998 Moderate and severe learning disabilities are defined as conditions in which intellectual capacity is compromised, with the likelihood that there will be no catch‐up development.
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Laser‐Assisted Processing and Modification of Bioactive Glasses: A Review
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Laser technologies provide powerful tools to process and transform bioactive glasses for advanced biomedical applications. This review discusses laser‐matter interaction mechanisms, laser surface engineering, and laser‐assisted fabrication of scaffolds and nanofibers.
Antonio Riveiro +8 more
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Why is a European Law on Disability Discrimination important [PDF]
, 2001 EU law offers great potential for advancing the rights and interests of disabled people living within the European Union, but this potential is yet to be fully realised.
Whittle, R.
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz +2 more
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Reforming medical training for psychiatry of intellectual disability: from margins to mandate
BJPsych BulletinIn its 2025 medical training review, National Health Service (NHS) England highlighted the urgent need to modernise postgraduate medical education in England to meet NHS population needs while supporting doctors’ professional aspirations.
Rohit Shankar +4 more
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Ageing and learning disability [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2000 BackgroundAgeing is a continuation of the developmental process and is influenced by genetic and other biological factors as well as personal and social circumstances.AimsTo identify some key biological, psychological and social issues relevant to how ageing might particularly effect people with learning disabilities.MethodThis selected review ...
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee +4 more
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Exploring the Integration of Disability Awareness into Tertiary Teaching and Learning Activities [PDF]
, 2013 A desire to have every student attending our University be aware of, and reflect on, disability in their studies and future careers, initiated our project to explore how to enhance disability awareness within all our University’s papers.
Clay, Lynne +4 more
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