Speech recognition under masking: Age, hearing, and machine learning classification
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 +2 more
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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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Quality here, there and everywhere: the application of a multi-dimensional learning tool to learning disability health services [PDF]
The following paper examines the applicability of Maxwell’s (1984) Multi-dimensional Quality Evaluation model to community learning disability health services.
McKenzie, Karen +3 more
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Mental health and learning disability nursing students' perceptions of the usefulness of the objective structured clinical examination to assess their competence in medicine administration [PDF]
The aim of this study was to evaluate mental health and learning disability nursing students’ perceptions of the usefulness of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in assessing their administration of medicine competence.
Hemingway, Steve +3 more
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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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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 +1 more
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Testing listening effort for speech comprehension using the individuals’ cognitive spare capacity
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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Attracting psychologists to learning disability services: starting with assistants [PDF]
Assistants employed in a split support worker/psychology assistant post rated the experience of working with people with a learning disability positively and as an opportunity to increase knowledge of clinical psychology theory and its direct application
MacDonald, Kirsty +2 more
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Route learning and shortcut performance in adults with intellectual disability: a study with virtual environments [PDF]
The ability to learn routes though a virtual environment (VE) and to make a novel shortcut between two locations was assessed in 18 adults with intellectual disability and 18 adults without intellectual disability matched on chronological age ...
Courbois, Yannick +4 more
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Supporting Families through Early Intervention
Internationally early intervention programmes for infants and preschoolers with disabilities have proved to be remarkably successful. In many countries, they began with teachers for visually impaired or hearing impaired children visiting the family home ...
Roy McConkey
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