Audiologic test results were reviewed for 30 patients whose hearing was preserved following eighth nerve tumor surgery. Improved auditory brainstem response tracings were seen as probably indicating increased neural synchrony due to reduced pressure on the cochlear nerve following surgery, whereas reduced hearing sensitivity probably reflects…

This paper describes a new "class" of auditory tests designed to evaluated the ability of young children to detect commonly encountered sounds; localize sound sources; and understand speech in noise. The tests appear to be sensitive to the effects of auditory pathology and to the normal development of auditory processing skills. (DB)

Sixteen experienced cochlear-implant patients with a range of speech-perception abilities received the SPEAK processing strategy in the Nucleus Spectra-22 cochlear implant. After six months' experience with SPEAK, patients showed significantly improved mean performance on a range of speech recognition measures in quiet and noise. Improvements were…

A report which outlines the operation and some applications of an automatic audiovisual system for the assessment of a subject's phonemic discrimination ability based on a two-alternative forced-choice response situation. (Author)

Occlusion effects were determined and compared on three groups of subjects (20 normal hearers, 20 with conductive hearing loss, and 20 with sensorineural hearing loss). (Author)

Described are clinical techniques and procedures useful in evaluations for exaggerated hearing levels. Discussed are considerations of the audiologist, his equipment, and erroneous findings; patient cooperation, anticipated hearing handicaps, detection of exaggeration, and order of test presentation; voluntary aid conduction audiometry,…

Defines the legitimacy of speech/language pathology and audiology as an academic field of study within a college of liberal arts and sciences. (PD)