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Observational Study to Preliminarily Characterize the Audiological Profile of Children with Down Syndrome
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Porter, Heather; Buss, Emily; Merchant, Gabrielle R.; Leibold, Lori J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Down syndrome occurs in one of 700 births, and high rates of hearing loss are reported in this population. This puts children with Down syndrome at risk for communication, learning, and social development difficulties, compounding known language and cognitive vulnerabilities in this population. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Children, Adolescents, Hearing Impairments
Otitis Media in Australian Aboriginal Children.
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Nienhuys, Terry – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Discusses otitis media in Australian Aboriginal children. Topics include effects of conductive hearing loss on Aboriginal children and adults and needs for research and provision of services. (RJC)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiology, Child Development, Children
Morphological Boundaries and the Timing of Stressed Vowels Produced by Profoundly Hearing Impaired Adults.
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Metz, Dale Evan – Journal of Phonetics, 1980
Investigates the effects of morphological boundaries and the voicing characteristics of the following consonant on the duration of stressed vowels produced by hearing impaired adults. They do not vary the duration of stressed vowels in accordance with the durational recording observed in normal speech; however, this deviance is systematic. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adults, Articulation (Speech), Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Discrimination