The Effects of a Tinnitus Awareness Survey on College Music Majors’ Hearing Conservation Behaviors

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 136-143
Author(s):  
Mark C Zeigler ◽  
Jack A Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Extended Period ◽  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Hearing Conservation ◽  
Music Department ◽  
School Of Music ◽  
Small College ◽  
College Music ◽  
Frequent Response

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of a tinnitus awareness survey on the hearing conservation behaviors of freshman music majors (as measured 30 weeks later with a follow-up survey). The surveys were distributed to students at a large school of music in a public university (n = 200) and a small music department in a private university (n = 48). More than half the students (58.9%) claimed to have tinnitus at some level. The most frequent response to what caused their tinnitus was “not sure,” followed by “exposure to noise over an extended period of time.” Most students (64.2% to 95%) did not wear hearing protection during rehearsals, concerts, or loud non-performance-related activities. In the follow-up survey, the majority (86.0%) said they did not change their use of hearing protection devices (including those students with tinnitus), but the students in the small college claimed to use significantly more protection than the students in the large college. Since the students in the small college received additional specific examples of tinnitus problems when completing the preliminary survey, it was concluded that more examples might be necessary to raise the awareness of factors leading to tinnitus. The result could be a positive change in the students’ use of hearing protection.

The Small-College Music Department

1965 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Don L. Bisdorf
Keyword(s):  
Music Department ◽  
Small College ◽  
College Music

The Small-College Music Department

1965 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
Don L. Bisdorf
Keyword(s):  
Music Department ◽  
Small College ◽  
College Music

Tone painting and painting tones: A follow-up study of listeners’ audiovisual responses to Beethoven’s Thunder Storm

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 476-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rivka Elkoshi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Thunder Storm ◽  
Analytical Properties ◽  
College Music ◽  
Prominent Response ◽  
Random Responses

This follow-up pilot study investigates the effect of a six-month analysis course, during which college music majors learned to see the meaning of music as being essentially intra-musical. The study aims to explore relationships between intra- and extra-musical perceptions among subjects ( N = 33) while listening to Beethoven’s Thunder Storm ( Pastoral Symphony, 4th movement). During pre- and post-intervention sessions, listeners represented the music via self-invented audiovisual products (AVPs) and related notes. Four systems of conceptualization emerged: Random responses (category-R), reflecting no reference to the music; Associative contents (category-A), suggesting extra-musical interpretations; Compound responses (category-C), combining extra- and intra-musical contents; Intra-musical contents (category-I), referring to purely musical properties. A scale of 4-6-8-10 grades for the respective categories R-A-C-I was established, with the highest score for category-I which reflects fulfilment of the course objective. By comparing between pre- and post-intervention AVPs, results show an insignificant increase in I-responses (zero to 9.5%) and 52.6% of no conceptual change through phases. The most prominent response is the extra-musical (68%) often at both pre- and post- phases (47%). The study empowers the position that classical music evokes referential contents, which should be given as much attention in teaching and learning music as ‘analytical’ properties of sound.

scholarly journals The spontaneous resolution of a vortex vein varix: case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara L Weidmayer ◽  
Hakan Demirci
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Spontaneous Resolution ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Clinical Resolution ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vortex Vein ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Background The natural course of a vortex vein varix, though not well understood, has been known to remain stable. However, here we report a novel case of a vortex vein varix that resolved after an extended period of monitoring. Case presentation An asymptomatic 96-year-old Caucasian man was found to have a vortex vein varix. At his previous examination 13 months prior, his fundus was normal. At 13 months of observation, his vortex vein varix become clinically undetectable. Further follow-up confirmed continued absence of the varix. Conclusion This case demonstrates the development then clinical resolution of a vortex vein varix with no clear identifiable factors for its evolution. This case is novel and offers new insight into the natural history of some vortex vein varices, implicating venous congestion as an instigator and venous collateralization as its alleviator, suggesting that vortex vein varices are likely more common than previously reported since some may be temporary and under-identified.

Conceptual Reasoning in Reading: A Complex Seriation of Meaning

1987 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Alan J. Watson ◽  
Kenneth E. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Oral Language ◽  
Developmental Change ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Conceptual Reasoning ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A cognitive developmental view of learning to read was tested with 100 Year 4 children by examining the relationship of conceptual reasoning (multiple seriation and perceptual regulations), oral language (vocabulary and grammatic prediction) and reading (word recognition and comprehension). Regression analysis showed that multiple seriation and perceptual regulations, though related, are distinct in their contributions to the variance in reading. Backward regression indicated that reasoning contributed to the variance in reading independently of the influence of oral language. Qualitative aspects of student responses suggest ways in which reading involves the reasoning tasks studied. The findings, by suggesting the importance of non-language mental structuring activity for children's reading, indicate that language learning explanations of reading may not be sufficient. The study calls for longitudinal follow-up to examine the dynamic of developmental change over the extended period needed for learning to read.

Analysis of Listening Preferences of High School and College Musicians

1994 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Gregory
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
The United States ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
Continuous Response ◽  
College Music ◽  
High School Musicians

Undergraduate college music majors, high school musicians in performance groups, and sixth-grade students in eight sites across the United States listened to brief excerpts of music from early contemporary compositions, popular classics, selections in the Silver Burdett/Ginn elementary music education series, and current crossover jazz recordings. Each of the classical categories had a representative keyboard, band, choral, and orchestral excerpt. Self reports of knowledge and preference were recorded by the Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI) while subjects listened to excerpts. Instrumental biases were found among high school and college musicians' preferences for relatively unfamiliar classical music. College music majors' preferences, in general, were less “own-instrument-based” than were those of high school musicians. In addition, the results suggest training broadens receptivity within and across music genres. There seems, however, to be no predictable connection between the degree to which one “knows ” an excerpt and preference for the excerpt.

scholarly journals Changes in Prostate Cancer Grade on Serial Biopsy in Men Undergoing Active Surveillance

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (20) ◽  
pp. 2795-2800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sima P. Porten ◽  
Jared M. Whitson ◽  
Janet E. Cowan ◽  
Matthew R. Cooperberg ◽  
Katsuto Shinohara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Active Surveillance ◽  
Gleason Score ◽  
Sampling Error ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Gleason Grade

Purpose Active surveillance is now considered a viable treatment option for men with low-risk prostate cancer. However, little is known regarding changes in Gleason grade on serial biopsies over an extended period of time. Patients and Methods Men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1998 and 2009 who elected active surveillance as initial treatment, with 6 or more months of follow-up and a minimum of six cores at biopsy, were included in analysis. Upgrading and downgrading were defined as an increase or decrease in primary or secondary Gleason score. Means and frequency tables were used to describe patient characteristics, and treatment-free survival rates were determined by life-table product limit estimates. Results Three hundred seventy-seven men met inclusion criteria. Mean age at diagnosis was 61.9 years. Fifty-three percent of men had prostate-specific antigen of 6 ng/mL or less, and 94% had Gleason score of 6 or less. A majority of men were cT1 (62%), had less than 33% of biopsy cores involved (80%), and were low risk (77%) at diagnosis. Median number of cores taken at diagnostic biopsy was 13, mean time to follow-up was 18.5 months, and 29% of men had three or more repeat biopsies. Overall, 34% (129 men) were found to have an increase in Gleason grade. The majority of men who experienced an upgrade (81%) did so by their second repeat biopsy. Conclusion A proportion of men experience an upgrade in Gleason score while undergoing active surveillance. Men who experience early upgrading likely represent initial sampling error, whereas later upgrading may reflect tumor dedifferentiation.

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