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Smith, Jenny; Dann, Marilyn; Brown, P. Margaret – Deafness and Education International, 2009
A key objective when fitting hearing aids to children is to maximize the audibility of high frequency speech cues which are critical in the understanding of spoken English. Recent advances in digital signal processing have enabled the development of hearing aids which offer linear frequency transposition as a new way of accessing these important…
Descriptors: Cues, Articulation (Speech), Intervals, Hearing Impairments
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Anderson, Ilona; Martin, Jane; Costa, Anne; Jamieson, Lyn; Bailey, Elspeth; Plant, Geoff; Pitterl, Markus – Deafness and Education International, 2005
Changes in selection criteria have meant that children are being provided with cochlear implants (CI) at increasingly younger ages. However, there is a paucity of measures that are appropriate for testing complex listening skills--most tests are too cognitively complex for such young children. The Common Objects Token (COT) Test was developed as a…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Listening Skills, Auditory Tests, Deafness
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Most, Tova – Deafness and Education International, 2004
This study evaluated school functioning of a sample of children with hearing impairments who were mainstreamed in regular educational settings. Participants comprised 47 children aged 7;2 to 9;3 years with various degrees and types of hearing loss. Teachers evaluated the children using the Hebrew version of the Screening Instrument For Targeting…
Descriptors: Hearing (Physiology), Hearing Impairments, Children, Assistive Technology