The paper presents a rationale for modifying or changing ear level hearing aids for babies, based on audiologic testing and impedance measurements. (Author/SBH)

GUIDELINES PREPARED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OUTLINE THE PHILOSOPHY AND PROCEDURES OF THE WISCONSIN HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DETECT HEARING LOSSES AND TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE REMEDIATION AND FOLLOWUP. (DF)

Residual hearing capabilities of nine severely and profoundly retarded deaf-blind children (7-13 years old) were determined with an operant procedure that allowed the children to respond by making a selection between two responses, one which resulted in the presentation of auditory reinforcement or one which resulted in no reinforcement.…

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

Conductive hearing losses were simulated in 12 subjects aged 19-35 and performance was compared with normal hearing performance. Digit dichotic performance was affected when test intensities were within 8 dB of the "knees" (95 percent correct point) of monotic performance intensity functions, but not when test intensities were 12 dB…

Audiometric screening tests administered to students ages 5-21 in five Nigerian schools (N=2315) revealed hearing problems in 13.5% of the student population. Among findings was a high incidence of acute suppurative otitis media. Related recommendations include twice-yearly audiometric screening for children perceived to be at risk. (JW)

A communication profile of each student entering the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) is composed of rankings in five areas: expressive manual communication including signing, fingerspelling, and synchronization; speech intelligibility; articulation; speech reading, including words and sentences; and audiometric test performance…

To study the feasibility of using filtered environmental sounds as test stimuli to determine the auditory sensitivity of young children, a tape recorded test was prepared using environmental sounds which retain their identity when filtered. Twenty normal-hearing preschoolers and 40 hearing impaired children (20 with flat sensori-neural hearing…

Directed to professionals with a basic knowledge of audiological principles, the text presents a review of audiological assessment procedures and their applicability to the retarded. Pure-tone, speech, and Bekesy audiometry are described. Also discussed are differential diagnosis of auditory impairments, conditioning and audiological assessment,…

Describes observer-based technique for assessing auditory capacities of infants from three to 12 months of age. This technique, referred to as the Observation-based Psychoacoustic Procedure (OPP), combines features of the Forced-choice Preferential Looking Technique and of the Visual Reinforcement Audiometry. Pure-tone detection and frequency…

Based on a paper presented at the National Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (44th, Denver, November 15-18, 1968). (Author)