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Lisa L. Hunter; Jennifer Vannest; David R. Moore; Maria Barnes-Davis; Chelsea Blankenship; Lauren Prather; Jody Caldwell-Kurtzman; Nehal Parikh – Volta Review, 2023
Worldwide, 15 million babies are "born too soon" every year (Blencowe et al., 2012; Howson et al., 2013). Remarkably, prematurity survival rates now exceed 93% across all countries. More than 360,000 preterm babies survived in the United States in 2020; 10% of all births (Blencowe et al., 2012; Howson et al., 2013). While this is an…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Perinatal Influences, Language Impairments, Hearing Impairments
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Bharadwaj, Sneha V.; Assmann, Peter F. – Volta Review, 2013
The objective of this study was to investigate the perceptual relevance of acoustic differences in vowels produced by 6 children between the ages of 9-13 years old with unilateral cochlear implants. Formant frequencies were estimated for 12 repetitions of vowels /hid/, /hed/, /haed/, /hud/, /hUd/, and /hAd/ produced by the children. The estimated…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Children
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Edwards, Marge; Stredler-Brown, Arlene; Houston, K. Todd – Volta Review, 2012
Recent advances in videoconferencing technology have resulted in a substantial increase in the use of live videoconferencing--referred to here as telepractice--to diagnose and treat speech, language, and hearing disorders. There is growing support from professional organizations for use of this service delivery model, as videoconferencing…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Videoconferencing, Hearing Impairments, Diagnostic Tests
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Houston, K. Todd; Stredler-Brown, Arlene; Alverson, Dale C. – Volta Review, 2012
For well over a century, individuals have sought new and efficient ways to communicate health-related information and provide medical services over distances. Often, this desire has sparked considerable innovation in technology and ushered in improved models of service delivery. Today, modern videoconferencing technology allows practitioners to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Speech Language Pathology, Medical Services, Videoconferencing
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Fairgray, Elizabeth; Purdy, Suzanne C.; Smart, Jennifer L. – Volta Review, 2010
With modern improvements to hearing aids and cochlear implant (CI) technology, and consequently improved access to speech, there has been greater emphasis on listening-based therapies for children with hearing loss, such as auditory-verbal therapy (AVT). Speech and language, speech perception in noise, and reading were evaluated before and after…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Auditory Perception, Receptive Language, Assistive Technology
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Dornan, Dimity; Hickson, Louise; Murdoch, Bruce; Houston, Todd; Constantinescu, Gabriella – Volta Review, 2010
A longitudinal study reported positive speech and language outcomes for 29 children with hearing loss in an auditory-verbal therapy program (AVT group) (aged 2 to 6 years at start; mean PTA 79.39 dB HL) compared with a matched control group with typical hearing (TH group) at 9, 21, and 38 months after the start of the study. The current study…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Young Children