On the Relationship between Hearing and Cognitive Limitations: Evidence from 51 Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1309-1315
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Cutler ◽  
Corina Ilinca
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Cognitive Difficulties ◽  
Cognitive Limitations ◽  
Multivariate Beta ◽  
Multivariate Relationships ◽  
The University ◽  
Cognitive Problems ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: This study extends prior findings by looking at the relationship between hearing acuity and cognitive difficulties in 51 nations. Methods: We draw on data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata International Series available at the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota. For all countries where data are available, bivariate relationships between hearing and cognitive problems are examined using correlation coefficients ( Rs) and multivariate relationships using linear regression techniques (betas), controlling for age, gender, marital status, and education. Results: For all 51 countries, the R between hearing problems and cognitive problems is 0.334 ( p < .001); the multivariate beta is 0.316 ( p < .001). Regional results are also statistically significant. Discussion: The relationship between hearing and memory appears to be universal, and practitioners must carefully assess and treat their client’s hearing disabilities before they can expect them to remember any information.

Punishment, Stuttering, and Disfluency

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald M. Siegel
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Models ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Initial Portion ◽  
Apparent Paradox ◽  
Theories Of Punishment ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Frequent Observation ◽  
Two Bodies

Punishment is accorded a prominent place in most contemporary theories in attempts to explain both the origin and the persistence of stuttering behavior. A frequent observation about stuttering is that it increases and becomes more severe as the “penalty” or “punishment” for stuttering is increased. Theories of punishment, on the other hand, suggest that behaviors that are punished should decrease in frequency. The purpose of this article is to examine the role of punishment in relation to stuttering and to consider the apparent paradox between traditional views of stuttering and modern treatments of punishment. The initial portion of the paper reexamines the research usually cited in discussions of punishment and stuttering. Then, more recent research, emanating primarily from the laboratories of the University of Minnesota, is reviewed and juxtaposed against these earlier treatments. Finally, an attempt is made to reconcile some of the apparent discrepancies between the two bodies of literature, and some theoretical models are proposed for examining further the relationship between punishment and the development of stuttering.

scholarly journals Hábitos deportivos y estilos de vida de los escolares de ESO en los municipios de la provincia de Almería (Sporting habits and lifestyles of the schoolchildren of Secondary Obligatory Education in the municipalities of the province of Almería)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Jorge Ruiz-Risueño Abad
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Health Habits ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Este estudio es una pequeña parte de un proyecto de investigación social bastante más amplio, que está siendo llevado a cabo por el Grupo de Investigación «Actividad Físico-Deportiva y Calidad de Vida» de la Universidad de Almería y que, entre otros objetivos, pretende acercarse a la realidad de la práctica físico-deportiva extraescolar del alumnado almeriense de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (12-16 años) y su relación con la calidad y los estilos de vida. La importancia de este estudio consiste en el conocimiento adecuado de la realidad de los hábitos deportivos, las demandas y las necesidades del alumnado almeriense de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, así como de sus estilos de vida (hábitos de salud, alimentación y consumo de tabaco, alcohol y otras sustancias), de cara a una mejor programación de las actividades deportivas de municipios y organismos dedicados a la gestión del deporte en estas edades dentro de los municipios de la provincia de Almería.Palabra clave: Tiempo libre, jóvenes escolares, abandono, oferta y demanda, práctica deportiva.Abstract: This study is a small part of a more wide enough social research project, that is being carried out by the Research Group « Physical-sports Activity and life’s Quality « of the University of Almería and that, between other aims, tries to approach the reality of the extracurricular sports physical practice of the student body of Secondary Obligatory Education (12-16 years) in Almería and know the relationship with the life´s quality and the lifestyles. The importance of this study consists of the suitable knowledge of the reality of the sporting habits, the demands (lawsuits) and the needs of the student body of Secondary Obligatory Education in Almería, and their life´s style (health habits, diet and smoking, alcohol and other substances use), with a view to a better scheduling of sports activities of municipalities and agencies dedicated to the management of the sport of these ages inside the municipalities of the province of Almería.Key words: Leisure time, school youth, leave, supply and demand, sports practice.

scholarly journals Sensory submodalities testing in neurolinguistic programming, part of mental training

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Vlad Teodor Grosu ◽  
Emilia Florina Grosu ◽  
Cornelia Popovici ◽  
Costinel Mihaiu
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Mental Training ◽  
Neurolinguistic Programming ◽  
Training Techniques ◽  
Test Application ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIntroduction:this study is part of a larger work, which involves increasing sporting performance by applying mental training techniques - special techniques of neurolinguistic programming. In this case we will discuss some aspects of the test application Jacobson S. (2011).Purpose of study and hypothesis:In neurolinguistic programming (NLP) we have studied the relationship between sensory submodalities, in accordance with the Jacobson test (2011). We wanted to check the degree of significance of the mean difference parameters studied and if the materiality result falls within the objective parameters. If ideomotor representations of athletes are completed with multiple sensations of all sensory submodalities such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory and gustatory, the possibility of applying the techniques of NLP (neurolinguistic programming) will have more effective results.Methods and material:two records were made by using two tests, test1 and test2 on master students of the University “Babes-Bolyai” Cluj-Napoca, from FEFS from APS department (training and sports performance). The statistical indicators were calculated on elements of descriptive statistics and the data is presented using indicators of centrality, location and distribution. Statistical analysis of non-parametric Wilcoxon test was used for sample pairs (data uneven distribution/rank). Materiality tests used was α=0.05 (5%), α=0.01 (1%) or α=0.001.Results and deliberations:to detect the correlation between the two variables we used the Spearman rank correlation coefficient (ρ). Statistical analysis was performed using the correlation coefficients Colton’s rule. It was found that no statistically significant differences were observed (p>0.05) in the statistical analysis of sample pairs Jacobson test values (times T1-T2). This is a result of the short timeframe - just one month - for objectives reasons. However, many of them appear in a good and a very good correlation to both tests, between the values of the items studied.Conclusions and recommendations:we want to continue with this study because the time difference between T1 and T2 was very small and we want to extend this study to a minimum of three months. All sensory submodalities are particularly important in achievingideomotor representations underlying mental training.

scholarly journals Alleviation of Postharvest Skin Dimpling of MN55 Apple Fruit and a Possible Association with Apple stem pitting virus

HortScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Cindy B.S. Tong ◽  
Hsueh-Yuan Chang ◽  
James J. Luby ◽  
David Bedford ◽  
Benham E.L. Lockhart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Apple Stem ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Apple Stem Pitting Virus ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Stem Pitting

MN55 is an apple (Malus ×domestica Borkh.) cultivar recently released by the University of Minnesota apple breeding program, with fruit marketed in the U.S. as Rave®. When stored for 4 months at 0 to 4 °C, MN55 fruit can develop several storage disorders, including skin dimpling. Skin dimpling incidence was greater for fruit harvested 1 week later than those harvested earlier. Dimpling was not alleviated by prestorage treatments of 1-methylcyclopropene or diphenylamine or by holding fruit at room temperature for 1 day before long-term cold storage. However, dimpling incidence was very low when fruit were stored at 6 to 7 °C. Because viruses have been implicated in other fruit dimpling disorders, the presence of viruses in MN55 leaves and fruit was studied. Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) was detected by microscopy, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) methodology, and high throughput sequencing (HTS) in peel of fruit from MN55 trees that exhibited skin dimpling after 4 months of storage at 0 to 1 °C. ASPV was also detected in supermarket-purchased fruit of other cultivars with noticeable skin dimpling. Although ASPV was not conclusively demonstrated to cause skin dimpling in our work, its prevalence indicates that further investigations are warranted to determine the relationship between viruses and skin deformities in stored apples.

Reliability of the Minimum Masking Level as Outcome Variable in Tinnitus Clinical Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-435
Author(s):  
Patricia C. Mancini ◽  
Richard S. Tyler ◽  
Hyung Jin Jun ◽  
Tang-Chuan Wang ◽  
Helena Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Reliable Estimate ◽  
Moderate Correlation ◽  
Trained Subjects ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Minimum Intensity

Purpose The minimum masking level (MML) is the minimum intensity of a stimulus required to just totally mask the tinnitus. Treatments aimed at reducing the tinnitus itself should attempt to measure the magnitude of the tinnitus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the MML. Method Sample consisted of 59 tinnitus patients who reported stable tinnitus. We obtained MML measures on two visits, separated by about 2–3 weeks. We used two noise types: speech-shaped noise and high-frequency emphasis noise. We also investigated the relationship between the MML and tinnitus loudness estimates and the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (THQ). Results There were differences across the different noise types. The within-session standard deviation averaged across subjects varied between 1.3 and 1.8 dB. Across the two sessions, the Pearson correlation coefficients, range was r = .84. There was a weak relationship between the dB SL MML and loudness, and between the MML and the THQ. A moderate correlation ( r = .44) was found between the THQ and loudness estimates. Conclusions We conclude that the dB SL MML can be a reliable estimate of tinnitus magnitude, with expected standard deviations in trained subjects of about 1.5 dB. It appears that the dB SL MML and loudness estimates are not closely related.

The Effects of Presentation on Noise and Dental Appliances on Speech

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-151
Author(s):  
Lillian Glass ◽  
Sharon R. Garber ◽  
T. Michael Speidel ◽  
Gerald M. Siegel ◽  
Edward Miller
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
University Of Southern California ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Southern California School ◽  
School Of Dentistry ◽  
The University

An omission in the Table of Contents, December JSHR, has occurred. Lillian Glass, Ph.D., at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, was a co-author of the article "The Effects of Presentation on Noise and Dental Appliances on Speech" along with Sharon R. Garber, T. Michael Speidel, Gerald M. Siegel, and Edward Miller of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Integrating Legacy Laboratory Information Systems into a Client-Server World: The University of Minnesota Clinical Workstation (CWS) Project

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (03) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H. Sielaff ◽  
D. P. Connelly ◽  
K. E. Willard
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Database Management System ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Clinical Workstation ◽  
Future Hospital ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Laboratory Information Systems

Abstract:The development of an innovative clinical decision-support project such as the University of Minnesota’s Clinical Workstation initiative mandates the use of modern client-server network architectures. Preexisting conventional laboratory information systems (LIS) cannot be quickly replaced with client-server equivalents because of the cost and relative unavailability of such systems. Thus, embedding strategies that effectively integrate legacy information systems are needed. Our strategy led to the adoption of a multi-layered connection architecture that provides a data feed from our existing LIS to a new network-based relational database management system. By careful design, we maximize the use of open standards in our layered connection structure to provide data, requisition, or event messaging in several formats. Each layer is optimized to provide needed services to existing hospital clients and is well positioned to support future hospital network clients.

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