Special Issue: Cochlear Implant Research from the University of Iowa

We review the signal-processing strategies of three of the most common cochlear implants in use today, the single-channel House, the multichannel Nucleus, and the Ineraid devices. The results of 65 postlinguistically-deafened patients tested at The University of Iowa are reviewed. The tests include everyday sound, accent, word and sentence recognition, as well as noise/voice differentiation. For all tests, patients with the Nucleus and Ineraid cochlear implants outperformed those with the House implant. In general, selection criteria should focus on comparing the performance of Patients who have already received an implant. Prelinguistically-deafened adults are typically not good cochlear-impact candidates. Cochlear-implant teams should be aware of the enormous time commitment for testing and rehabilitation of these patients, and be prepared to handle frequent implant breakdowns. Nevertheless, cochlear-implant patients have been helped significantly be these devices.

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Introduction to the Special Issue: Learning to Listen from Sounds to Words

Language and Speech ◽

10.1177/0023830918808318 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 515-521

Author(s):

Christine Shea

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Speech Perception ◽

Lexical Processing ◽

Special Issue ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

Word Forms ◽

The University ◽

Learning To Listen ◽

Speech Perception And Production

The eight articles in this special issue ‘Learning to listen from sounds to words’ were presented at the conference Sound to Word in Bilingual and Second Language Speech Perception held at the University of Iowa in spring 2016. The selected contributions focus on how second language speech perception interacts with orthography, how phonology interacts with speech perception and how listeners use the cues in the input to segment and create the word forms for lexical processing. This collection of papers expands the field of speech perception and production by granting a central role to the lexicon and exploring how listeners and speakers activate representations, from sounds to words.

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The consolidation of microscopy technology into a university research support facility: Reflections on the 1980's and projections for the 1990's at the university of iowa

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100148216 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 476-477

Author(s):

Kenneth C. Moore

Keyword(s):

Laser Scanning ◽

Freeze Fracture ◽

Freeze Substitution ◽

Research Support ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

Staff Members ◽

The Past ◽

Research Grade ◽

The University ◽

Support Facility

The University of Iowa Central Electron Microscopy Research Facility(CEMRF) was established in 1981 to support all faculty, staff and students needing this technology. Initially the CEMRF was operated with one TEM, one SEM, three staff members and supported about 30 projects a year. During the past twelve years, the facility has replaced all instrumentation pre-dating 1981, and now includes 2 TEM's, 2 SEM's, 2 EDS systems, cryo-transfer specimen holders for both TEM and SEM, 2 parafin microtomes, 4 ultamicrotomes including cryoultramicrotomy, a Laser Scanning Confocal microscope, a research grade light microscope, an Ion Mill, film and print processing equipment, a rapid cryo-freezer, freeze substitution apparatus, a freeze-fracture/etching system, vacuum evaporators, sputter coaters, a plasma asher, and is currently evaluating scanning probe microscopes for acquisition. The facility presently consists of 10 staff members and supports over 150 projects annually from 44 departments in 5 Colleges and 10 industrial laboratories. One of the unique strengths of the CEMRF is that both Biomedical and Physical scientists use the facility.

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Faculty evaluation at the University of Iowa

Journal of Dental Education ◽

10.1002/j.0022-0337.1977.41.6.tb01101.x ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 41 (6) ◽

pp. 332-334

Author(s):

NS Logan ◽

R Muston

Keyword(s):

Faculty Evaluation ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

The University

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Five Decades of Research Experience in Speech Anatomy and Physiology

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig5.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 4-12

Author(s):

David P. Kuehn

Keyword(s):

Ohio State University ◽

State University ◽

Research Experience ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

University Of Illinois ◽

Anatomy And Physiology ◽

The Ohio State University ◽

Speech Science ◽

The University ◽

East Carolina University

This report highlights some of the major developments in the area of speech anatomy and physiology drawing from the author's own research experience during his years at the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois. He has benefited greatly from mentors including Professors James Curtis, Kenneth Moll, and Hughlett Morris at the University of Iowa and Professor Paul Lauterbur at the University of Illinois. Many colleagues have contributed to the author's work, especially Professors Jerald Moon at the University of Iowa, Bradley Sutton at the University of Illinois, Jamie Perry at East Carolina University, and Youkyung Bae at the Ohio State University. The strength of these researchers and their students bodes well for future advances in knowledge in this important area of speech science.

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Rheometers, Bioreactors, and Vocalization Forces: Using Basic Science Investigations to Help the Voices of Teachers

Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders ◽

10.1044/vvd18.3.119 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 119-125

Author(s):

Sarah Klemuk

Keyword(s):

Basic Science ◽

Tissue Growth ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

Support Cell ◽

Rest Periods ◽

Collaborative Studies ◽

Professional Voice Users ◽

The University ◽

Science Investigations ◽

Professional Voice

Abstract Collaborative studies at the University of Iowa and the National Center for Voice and Speech aim to help the voices of teachers. Investigators study how cells and tissues respond to vibration doses simulating typical vocalization patterns of teachers. A commercially manufactured instrument is uniquely modified to support cell and tissue growth, to subject tissues to vocalization-like forces, and to measure viscoelastic properties of tissues. Through this basic science approach, steps toward safety limits for vocalization and habilitating rest periods for professional voice users will be achieved.

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Health and Medical Informatics Education

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1635023 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 33 (03) ◽

pp. 246-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. Haux ◽

F. J. Leven ◽

J. R. Moehr ◽

D. J. Protti

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Information ◽

Medical Informatics ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Information Science ◽

Management Program ◽

Science Program ◽

Special Issue ◽

Academic Degree ◽

The University

Abstract:Health and medical informatics education has meanwhile gained considerable importance for medicine and for health care. Specialized programs in health/medical informatics have therefore been established within the last decades.This special issue of Methods of Information in Medicine contains papers on health and medical informatics education. It is mainly based on selected papers from the 5th Working Conference on Health/Medical Informatics Education of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), which was held in September 1992 at the University of Heidelberg/Technical School Heilbronn, Germany, as part of the 20 years’ celebration of medical informatics education at Heidelberg/Heilbronn. Some papers were presented on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the health information science program of the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Within this issue, programs in health/medical informatics are presented and analyzed: the medical informatics program at the University of Utah, the medical informatics program of the University of Heidelberg/School of Technology Heilbronn, the health information science program at the University of Victoria, the health informatics program at the University of Minnesota, the health informatics management program at the University of Manchester, and the health information management program at the University of Alabama. They all have in common that they are dedicated curricula in health/medical informatics which are university-based, leading to an academic degree in this field. In addition, views and recommendations for health/medical informatics education are presented. Finally, the question is discussed, whether health and medical informatics can be regarded as a separate discipline with the necessity for specialized curricula in this field.In accordance with the aims of IMIA, the intention of this special issue is to promote the further development of health and medical informatics education in order to contribute to high quality health care and medical research.

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