Resource for Reducing Interference in Noisy Groups -ACCESS

Resource for Reducing Interference in Noisy Groups -ACCESS 2003 - Achieving Clear Communication Employing Sound Solutions Edited by Linda M. Thibodeau University of Texas at Dallas Sponsored by Phonak Hearing Systems

This CD ROM contains three sets of Resources: § Audio Demonstrations § Assessment Inventories § Implementation Tools § CD Contributors Simply click on the one you want to explore.

AUDIO DEMONSTRATIONS Simply click on the one you want to explore. § Simulations of Hearing Loss (Berlin) § Educational Needs of Students with Hearing Loss (Texas Education Service Center-Region X) § Simulations of FM Systems (Thibodeau) § Simulations of Cochlear Implants (Loizou) § Simulations of Auditory Neuropathy (Fan Geng Zeng) § Classroom Noise (Schafer) Back to Main Menu

ASSESSMENT INVENTORIES Simply click on the one you want to explore. § LIFE: Listening Inventory For Education (Anderson and Smaldino) § Teachers § Students § FM Listening Evaluation for Children (Johnson) § Preschool/Kindergarten Placement Checklist (Johnson) § FAPI: Functional Auditory Performance Indicators (Brown) § ELF: Early Listening Function Questionnaire (Anderson) Back to Main Menu

IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS Simply click on the one you want to explore. Model of Room Acoustics (Boothroyd) FM and CI Evaluation Protocol (Madell) FM Implementation Forms (Thibodeau) FM Recommendation Form (Thibodeau) ASHA Guidelines for Fitting and Monitoring FM Systems (Copyright by ASHA, Provided with Permission) Back to Main Menu

Simulations of Hearing Loss Click on the Audiogram to hear the demo. Low Pass, 500 Hz High Pass, 2000, Hz Low Pass, 2000 Hz High Pass, 500 Hz Hearing loss samples used by permission and taken from: "Hair Cells and Hearing Aids" C. I. Berlin, Ph. D. , Editor (Singular Publishing Group 1995) Demonstrations played during 1994 Kresge "Hair Cell-a-bration" Selections: Mead C. Killion. Back to Audio Menu

Educational Needs of Students with Hearing Loss Click here for Power. Point Presentation (Also contains an Unfair Spelling Test) Back to Audio Menu

Simulations of Cochlear Implants Click on the speaker to hear the demo. 1 CHANNEL ORIGINAL PROCESSED 4 CHANNEL ORIGINAL PROCESSED 8 CHANNEL ORIGINAL PROCESSED Back to Audio Menu

Simulations of FM Systems Click on the description to hear the demo. Hearing Aid Only-No FM FM Only Recordings FM+HA Recordings Lapel Omni Directional Microphone Lapel Directional Microphone Mini-boom Microphone Back to Audio Menu

Simulations of Auditory Neuropathy Click on the simulation to hear the demo. For the first simulation of neuropathy a sentence will be repeated 5 times; starting with the original recording followed by progressively more severe neuropathies. In second simulation of neuropathy, another sentence is presented in the reverse order. More information regarding this simulation can be found in a paper by Zeng, Oba, Garde, Sininger, and Starr (1999). Temporal and speech processing deficits in auditory neuropathy, Neuro. Report, 10, 3429 -3435. Auditory Neuropathy Simulation 1 Auditory Neuropathy Simulation 2 Back to Audio Menu

CLASSROOM NOISE Click here for Sounds from Four Classrooms Mixed Together Back to Audio Menu

CONTRIBUTORS Karen L. Anderson, Ph. D. Florida Dept. Health – Bureau of Early Interventions 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A 06, Tallahassee, FL 32399 -17770 Voice: (850) 245 4444 x 2269 email: karen_anderson@doh. state. fl. us Charles I. Berlin, Ph. D. Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 533 Bolivar St. Fifth Floor, New Orleans, LA 70112 Voice : (504) 568 -4785, Fax: (504) 568 -4460 www. kresgelab. org Arthur Boothroyd 2550 Brant Street, San Diego, CA 92101 www. arthurboothroyd. com e-mail: aboothroyd@cox. net Arlene Stredler Brown, CCC-SLP, CED Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 2501 Kittredge Loop Road, Campus Box 409 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 -0409 Voice: (303) 492 -3037, Fax: (303) 492 -3274 e-mail: arlene. brown@colorado. edu Cheryl De. Conde Johnson, Ed. D. Senior Consultant, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Disabilities and Audiology Services Colorado Department of Education 201 E. Colfax Ave , Denver, CO 80203 Voice: (303) 866 -6960 e-mail: johnson_c@cde. state. co. us www. cde. state. co. us/cdesped/sd-hearing. htm Philip C. Loizou, Ph. D. Associate Professor. Department of Electrical Engineering University of Texas at Dallas P. O. Box 830688, EC 33, Richardson, TX 75083 -0688 Voice : (972)883 -4617, FAX : (972) 883 -2710 e-mail: loizou@utdallas. edu Jane R. Madell, Ph. D. Director, Hearing and Learning Center Beth Israel Medical Center, 10 Union Square East New York, NY 10003 Voice: 212 -844 -8790, Fax: 212 -844 -8791 email: jmadell@bethisraelny. org Erin Schafer, M. S. , CCC/A Special Education Audiologist Plano Independent School District 3540 E. 14 th St. , Plano, TX 75074 Voice: (469) 752 -8875 , Fax: (469) 752 -8814 email: eschafe@pisd. edu Linda M. Thibodeau, Ph. D. University of Texas at Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders 1966 Inwood Rd. Dallas, TX 75235 Voice: (214) 905 -3108 Fax: (214) 905 -3146 email: thib@utdallas. edu Web. Page: http//www. utdallas. edu/~thib The assistance of Paul Dybala and Deborah Saverance in the preparation of this CD ROM is gratefully acknowledged. Back to Menu