Search Results - "Hoover, B M"

Rapid Word-Learning in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children: Effects of Age, Receptive Vocabulary, and High-Frequency Amplification by Pittman, A L, Lewis, D E, Hoover, B M, Stelmachowicz, P G

“…OBJECTIVE:This study examined rapid word-learning in 5- to 14-year-old children with normal and impaired hearing. The effects of age and receptive vocabulary…”
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Effect of stimulus bandwidth on the perception of /s/ in normal- and hearing-impaired children and adults by Stelmachowicz, P G, Pittman, A L, Hoover, B M, Lewis, D E

“…Recent studies with adults have suggested that amplification at 4 kHz and above fails to improve speech recognition and may even degrade performance when…”
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The Relation between Stimulus Context, Speech Audibility, and Perception for Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children by Stelmachowicz, Patricia G, Hoover, Brenda M, Lewis, Dawna E, Kortekaas, Reinier W. L, Pittman, Andrea L

“…This study examined the influence of stimulus context and audibility on sentence recognition in 60 normal-hearing children, 24 hearing-impaired children, and…”
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Recognition Performance for Four Combinations of FM System and Hearing Aid Microphone Signals in Adverse Listening Conditions by Pittman, Andrea L, Lewis, Dawna E, Hoover, Brenda M, Stelmachowicz, Patricia G

“…OBJECTIVEChildren with moderate to severe hearing loss routinely use personal frequency modulated (FM) systems in the classroom to improve the signal to noise…”
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Effect of Earmold Fit on Predicted Real Ear SPL Using a Real Ear to Coupler Difference Procedure by Hoover, Brenda M, Stelmachowicz, Patricia G, Lewis, & Dawna E

“…OBJECTIVESThe goal of E-periment I was to quantify the SPL entering the ear canal via a secondary pathway created by a vent in the earmold and/or a slit leak…”
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Further efforts to predict pure-tone thresholds from distortion product otoacoustic emission input/output functions by Gorga, Michael P, Neely, Stephen T, Dorn, Patricia A, Hoover, Brenda M

“…Recently, Boege and Janssen [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 1810-1818 (2002)] fit linear equations to distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) input/output…”
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Novel-Word Learning in Children with Normal Hearing and Hearing Loss by Stelmachowicz, Patricia G, Pittman, Andrea L, Hoover, Brenda M, Lewis, Dawna E

“…OBJECTIVEThe goal of this study was to assess performance on a novel-word learning task by normal-hearing and hearing-impaired children for words varying in…”
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Determining the Upper Limits of Stimulation for Auditory Steady-State Response Measurements by Gorga, Michael P, Neely, Stephen T, Hoover, Brenda M, Dierking, Darcia M, Beauchaine, Kathryn L, Manning, Carol

“…OBJECTIVE:To determine the maximum stimulus levels at which a measured auditory steady-state response (ASSR) can be assumed to be a reliable measure of…”
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Spectral Characteristics of Speech at the Ear: Implications for Amplification in Children by Pittman, Andrea L, Stelmachowicz, Patricia G, Lewis, Dawna E, Hoover, Brenda M

“…A study examined the long- and short-term spectral characteristics of speech simultaneously recorded at the ear and at a reference microphone position. Twenty…”
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Distortion product otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired human ears by Gorga, Michael P, Neely, Stephen T, Dierking, Darcia M, Dorn, Patricia A, Hoover, Brenda M, Fitzpatrick, Denis F

“…Distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) suppression measurements were made in 20 subjects with normal hearing and 21 subjects with mild-to-moderate…”
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The Importance of High-Frequency Audibility in the Speech and Language Development of Children With Hearing Loss by Stelmachowicz, Patricia G, Pittman, Andrea L, Hoover, Brenda M, Lewis, Dawna E, Moeller, Mary Pat

“…OBJECTIVES To review recent research studies concerning the importance of high-frequency amplification for speech perception in adults and children with…”
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An alternate approach to constructing distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) suppression tuning curves by JOHNSON, Tiffany A, NEELY, Stephen T, DIERKING, Darcia M, HOOVER, Brenda M, GORGA, Michael P

“…Distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) suppression tuning curves (STCs) typically are constructed using suppression criteria of 3 or 6 dB. This paper…”
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Influence of Hearing Loss on the Perceptual Strategies of Children and Adults by Pittman, Andrea L, Stelmachowicz, Patricia G, Lewis, Dawna E, Hoover, Brenda M

“…This study examined whether the perceptual weights of 40 children and adults with hearing loss differ from those of normal hearing counterparts. Results…”
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Hearing Aid Fitting in Infants by Hoover, Brenda M

“…This article examines the latest technological advances in hearing aids and explores the available research to help families and professionals make informed…”
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"Candida" sepsis: portals for invasion, tissue filtration, and principles of treatment by Stone, H H, Kolb, L D, Hoover, M B, Cuzzell, Z

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