Benefits of Sound-Field Amplification for Elementary School Children With and Without Hearing Loss: A Review

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi Sockalingam ◽  
Leslie Pinard ◽  
Rachel Caissie ◽  
Walter Green
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Field Amplification ◽  
Sound Field Amplification

Teacher Identification of Elementary School Children with Hearing Loss

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Nodar
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Teacher Interviews ◽  
Teacher Screening ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Problems

The teachers of 2231 elementary school children were asked to identify those with known or suspected hearing problems. Following screening, the data were compared. Teachers identified 5% of the children as hearing-impaired, while screening identified only 3%. There was agreement between the two procedures on 1%. Subsequent to the teacher interviews, rescreening and tympanometry were conducted. These procedures indicated that teacher screening and tympanometry were in agreement on 2% of the total sample or 50% of the hearing-loss group. It was concluded that teachers could supplement audiometry, particularly when otoscopy and typanometry are not available.

HEARING LOSS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN LEBANON

1971 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diran O. Mikaelian ◽  
Vergine M. Barsoumian
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children

The Benefits of Sound Field Amplification in Classrooms of Inuit Students of Nunavik

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Eriks-Brophy ◽  
Hannah Ayukawa
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Field Amplification ◽  
Attending Behavior ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Sound Field Amplification

Purpose: This pilot study investigated the potential benefits of sound field amplification for Inuit first and second language learners in a remote community of Nunavik, Northern Queébec. Hearing screening results showed that 26% of students attending the local school had hearing loss due to otitis media. The study used speech intelligibility and attending behavior measures, as well as interviews, to examine the appropriateness of sound field amplification in the multilingual and multilevel instructional contexts found in the classrooms of Nunavik. Method: Sound field amplification systems were installed in three representative classrooms for a period of 3 months. Speech intelligibility of Inuttitut syllables was compared in amplified versus non-amplified conditions for 10 students with hearing loss and 10 age-matched normal hearing peers. Observations of four categories of attending behaviors for a separate set of seven students were carried out prior to the installation of the systems and with the systems in place. Teacher and student comments were collected during the study and after the study was completed. Results: Results showed significant improvements in speech intelligibility scores for students with hearing impairment and normal hearing in the amplified condition. Total scores for on-task behavior improved for six of the seven students observed; all students demonstrated improvement in at least one category of attending behavior. Teacher and student comments identified numerous advantages of the amplification systems. Implications: Results point to the potential benefits of sound field amplification for multicultural populations that are similarly challenged by high rates of hearing loss, as well as for second language learners.

scholarly journals The contribution of GJB2 mutations to slight or mild hearing loss in Australian elementary school children

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 850-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
H-H M Dahl ◽  
S E Tobin ◽  
Z Poulakis ◽  
F W Rickards ◽  
X Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Mild Hearing Loss ◽  
Gjb2 Mutations

Use of Revision by Elementary-School Stutterers and Nonstutterers during Oral Reading

1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin H. Silverman ◽  
Dean E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Reading Errors

This paper describes a dimension of the stuttering problem of elementary-school children—less frequent revision of reading errors than their nonstuttering peers.

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