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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energetic and Informational Components of Speech-on-Speech Masking in Binaural Speech Intelligibility and Perceived Listening Effort

Trends in Hearing, 2019
Speech perception in complex sound fields can greatly benefit from different unmasking cues to segregate the target from interfering voices. This study investigated the role of three unmasking cues (spatial separation, gender differences, and masker time
Jan Rennies, Virginia Best, Elin Roverud, Gerald Kidd   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Music in noise recognition: An EEG study of listening effort in cochlear implant users and normal hearing controls.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Despite the plethora of studies investigating listening effort and the amount of research concerning music perception by cochlear implant (CI) users, the investigation of the influence of background noise on music processing has never been performed ...
Giulia Cartocci, Bianca Maria Serena Inguscio, Andrea Giorgi, Alessia Vozzi, Carlo Antonio Leone, Rosa Grassia, Walter Di Nardo, Tiziana Di Cesare, Anna Rita Fetoni, Francesco Freni, Francesco Ciodaro, Francesco Galletti, Roberto Albera, Andrea Canale, Lucia Oriella Piccioni, Fabio Babiloni   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neural indices of listening effort in noisy environments [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2019
AbstractListening in a noisy environment is challenging for individuals with normal hearing and can be a significant burden for those with hearing impairment. The extent to which this burden is alleviated by a hearing device is a major, unresolved issue for rehabilitation.
Andrew Dimitrijevic, Michael L. Smith, Darren S. Kadis, David R. Moore   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Absorption of Broadband Low‐Frequency Sound Beyond the Thermodynamics Limit: An Acoustic Resonator With Magnetic Bearing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents a magnetic‐bearing acoustic resonator that overcomes the thermodynamics limit of sound absorption. By introducing tunable negative stiffness, it achieves broadband low‐frequency absorption within a compact cavity, far exceeding the performance achievable by classic mass‐tuned designs.
Ying Hu, Zhe Zhang, Bohua Huang, Xue Han, Hallam Bastin Kilcoyne, Lixi Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brain benefits of deep learning-based noise management in experienced hearing aid users using functional near infrared spectroscopy

Scientific Reports
There is growing interest in using neuroimaging to understanding listening effort in individuals with hearing loss, with a particular focus on how innovative hearing aid features impact listening effort.
Jonathan M. Vaisberg, Carmen Dang, Yan Jiang, Jinyu Qian, Frank A. Russo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling listening effort and memory load beyond behavioural evidence: Pupillary response to listening effort during a concurrent memory task.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Recent research has demonstrated that pupillometry is a robust measure for quantifying listening effort. However, pupillary responses in listening situations where multiple cognitive functions are engaged and sustained over a period of time remain hard ...
Yue Zhang, Alexandre Lehmann, Mickael Deroche   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Video and Text‐Based Supplemental Health Information and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Nutrient‐Enhanced Eggs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor, Michael J. Best, Anita R. Best, Ondulla T. Toomer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource‐Aware Contrastive Scattering Meta‐Learning for Efficient Few‐Shot Acoustic Anomaly Detection

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This paper introduces a resource‐aware Contrastive Scattering Meta‐Learning (CSML) framework for acoustic anomaly detection. By leveraging training‐free wavelet scattering and metric‐based meta‐learning, the model achieves competitive performance with only 50 K learnable parameters—a 98% reduction compared to state‐of‐the‐art frameworks—enabling ...
Rami Zewail, Bassem Mokhtar
wiley   +1 more source

A blind binaural real-time model for listening effort evaluated using continuous subjective listening effort rating

Acta Acustica
This study investigated real-time assessment and modeling of perceived listening effort (LE). The model consists of a binaural front-end, followed by a monaural back-end.
Berdau Martin, Alcala Padilla Daniel-José, Brand Thomas, Rollwage Christian, Rennies Jan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source