Described is the basis for therapeutic relationships in speech and hearing and presented are two models of clinical interaction, one directed to behavior change and the other directed to attitude change. (Author)

The profession of speech pathology and audiology is said to be comprised by service, training and research dimensions. (GW)

IN ORDER TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT ADDITIONAL LOW FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION WOULD CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE AUDITION OF SPEECH, 12 CHILDREN WITH LOW FREQUENCY RESIDUAL HEARING WERE STUDIED, USING TWO INDIVIDUAL HEARING AIDS--AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL WITH A FREQUENCY RANGE OF 80-3500 CYCLES PER SECOND (CPS) AND A STANDARD MODEL WITH A FREQUENCY…

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…

Issues pertaining to parental counseling within a pediatric audiologic practice are considered. Journal Availability: See EC 152 480. (SEW)

Eight subjects participated in a comparison of the multipeak (MPEAK) and spectral peak (SPEAK) speech coding strategies of the Nucleus 22-channel cochlear implant system. Overall, speech recognition performance was significantly higher with the SPEAK strategy than with the MPEAK strategy on all speech tests. (Author)

This paper provides guidelines for the audiologic assessment of infants and young children, highlighting recent technologic advances in auditory electrophysiology, acoustic immitance measure procedures, and behavioral audiometric techniques. First, audiologic assessment guidelines developed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association are…

The manual describes audiology services offered at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). Components are listed for diagnostic services, instructional services, program development, training, and publications. Testing and reporting procedures for MSSD students are outlined. Testing includes pure-tone air conduction testing, tympanometry,…

Intended for teachers and caregivers of severely handicapped individuals with impaired hearing, the manual provides information about hearing and audiological assessment. Section I presents an overview of the nature of sound and the structure of the ear. Section II describes a number of informal assessment procedures which can be carried out in…

Various aspects of diagnostic evaluation and educational programing for hearing impaired children are described. Discussion of hearing disorders from a medical perspective covers anatomy of the ear, types and causes of hearing disorders, and medical and surgical treatment. A review of audiological assessment of hearing disorders focuses upon…

Tympanometric and otoscopic evaluations were performed on 51 deaf children, (4-10 years old), on two occasions 2 months apart. (Author)