Purpose: To assess the Computerized Revised Token Test (CRTT) performance of individuals with normal hearing under several intensity conditions and under several spectral and temporal perturbation conditions. Method: Sixty normal-hearing listeners were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups. Group 1 provided performance-intensity information about…

Auditory screening programs designed to detect hearing problems among school children are outlined, including the test environments, equipment and personnel, and cost factors. Despite criticism of pure-tone audiometric screening programs, there is evidence that they have been generally successful. (JMF)

A model for identification of hearing impairment which combined tympanometry and the puretone procedures outlined by the American Speech and Hearing Association was tested with 8,528 elementary age children from six Connecticut towns. The nine goals of the project included obtaining pass/fail ratios for puretone audiometry within minus 1 percent…

A project in which a group of 73 adult, correctional-facility inmates (20 women and 53 men, mean age of 28.6 years) was screened by pure-tone audiometry and by acoustic-immittance procedures is presented. Educational and other implications of the wide extent of undetected and untreated hearing losses in the correctional population are discussed.…

THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK IS TO HELP TEACHERS, PARENTS, DOCTORS, AND WORKERS IN AUDIOLOGY CLINICS MAKE THE MOST OF SOUND IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL TREATMENT OF DEAFNESS. ASPECTS OF SOUND AMPLIFICATION CONSIDERED ARE THE NATURE OF SOUND, ELECTRICAL AMPLIFICATION, AND VARIOUS TYPES OF HEARING AIDS (INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, INDUCTION LOOP, SPEECH…

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT TESTING, DIAGNOSING, AND REHABILITATING THE HARD OF HEARING IS OFFERED IN THIS INTRODUCTORY TEXT. THE PHYSICS OF SOUND, AUDITORY THEORY, ANATOMY AND PATHOLOGY OF THE EAR, AND DIAGNOSTIC ROUTINES ARE DISCUSSED. A CHAPTER ON AURAL REHABILITATION INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF LIPREADING AND AUDITORY TRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR ADULTS…

This study explored the hearing capabilities of Down Syndrome (DS) adolescents and young adults relative to a matched sample of non-DS trainable mentally handicapped (MH) individuals, and examined the relationship between hearing ability and performance on several cognitive tasks. Samples of 26 DS and 26 MH individuals were matched on intelligence…

The Speech Reception Test was developed to measure an individual's ability to hear and understand conversational speech. The equipment used to record the test is described in detail, and data are given for the results of the test given to 100 normal-hearing college students. Other data describe the results for 55 military veterans with known…

TO DETERMINE (1) WHETHER ROUTINE SCREENING PROCEDURES COULD BE USED SUCCESSFULLY WITH RETARDED CHILDREN AND (2) THE PREVALENCE OF UNCORRECTED DEFECTS AMONG A PARTICULAR SCHOOL POPULATION, RETARDED CHILDREN FROM SCHOOLS LOCATED IN THE LOWEST SOCIOECONOMIC AREA OF DETROIT WERE SCREENED FOR VISION AND HEARING LOSSES. SUBJECTS' AGES RANGED FROM 3 TO…

The parameters influencing the respiratory pattern at or near the threshold for hearing were studied in hearing impaired and normal hearing subjects. A semiautomatic system was designed to process the data. Results indicated that thresholds for pure tones could be estimated better on the inspiration phase of the breathing cycle and that duration…