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Speech recognition under masking: Age, hearing, and machine learning classification

Acta Psychologica
In this study, we seek to empirically evaluate whether maskers can be categorically grouped into energetic and informational using machine learning classification techniques.
Victoria Stenbäck, Mathias Hällgren, Erik Marsja   +2 more
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A snapshot of the chalkboard writing experiences of Bachelor of Education students with visual disabilities in South Africa

African Journal of Disability, 2019
Background: South African higher education policy frameworks highlight renewed interest in equity, access and participation imperatives for students with disabilities (SWDs).
Roshanthni Subrayen, Rubby Dhunpath
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The accuracy of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire (LDSQ) in classifying severity of impairment: A brief report

, 2014
Background: Outcomes for people with an intellectual disability (ID) may differ depending on the severity of the condition. This study evaluated whether a tool used to screen for the presence of ID could also give an early indication of severity, in ...
Murray, Aja Louise, McKenzie, Karen
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Prominent Movement Disorders in RNU2‐2‐Related Spliceosomopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric movement disorders often overlap with neurodevelopmental diseases, suggesting shared molecular mechanisms. Variants in small nuclear RNA (snRNA) genes encoding spliceosome components have recently been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, termed “RNUopathies.” We analyzed genome sequencing data from 14 patients with ...
Magdalena Krygier, Ugo Sorrentino, Matias Wagner, Marta Zawadzka, Anna Lemska, Maria Mazurkiewicz‐Bełdzińska, Michael Zech   +6 more
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Validation of the Swedish Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (Screening Version) and Evaluation of Its Effect in Hearing Aid Rehabilitation

Trends in Hearing, 2016
Self-reports of subjective hearing difficulties by people with hearing loss may be a useful complement to audiometry in hearing aid rehabilitation. To be useful, such self-reports need to be reliable.
Marie Öberg
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Cognitive Processing Speed, Working Memory, and the Intelligibility of Hearing Aid-Processed Speech in Persons with Hearing Impairment

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Previous studies have demonstrated that successful listening with advanced signal processing in digital hearing aids is associated with individual cognitive capacity, particularly working memory capacity (WMC).
Wycliffe Kabaywe Yumba, Wycliffe Kabaywe Yumba   +1 more
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Quality here, there and everywhere: the application of a multi-dimensional learning tool to learning disability health services

, 1999
The following paper examines the applicability of Maxwell’s (1984) Multi-dimensional Quality Evaluation model to community learning disability health services.
McKenzie, Karen, White, David, Murray, George, Paxton, Donna   +3 more
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Learning disability and everyday life

Learning Disability and Everyday Life brings into conversation ideas from social theory with “thick” descriptions of the everyday life of a middle-aged man with learning disabilities and autism.
Cockain, A.
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Cognitive and Neuroimaging Divergence Between Juvenile and Adult FUS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor neuron degeneration. Fused in sarcoma (FUS)‐associated juvenile ALS (jALS) represents a distinct and aggressive subgroup with rapid deterioration and poor prognosis.
Alexandra V. Jürs, Marcel Naumann, Annaliis Lehto, Hanna Schön, Jens Kurth, Johannes Prudlo, Andreas Hermann, Elisabeth Kasper   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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.
openaire   +2 more sources