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2011-01-13

Hodgetts, Bill, Ehnes, Allison, Feist, Megan

The goal of this study was to investigate common practices within the Baha field. To obtain data, an online survey was administered to Baha practitioners.

2011

Kim Adams

2011-01-13

Pollock, Karen, Gerke, Jenessa, Fleming, Jennifer

This study investigated the academic skills of 68 school-age children adopted from China as infants/toddlers.

2011-05-18

Miller, Amanda, Spence, Stacy, Halliwell, Nicole

The independence equations employed by Castles et al. (2006) and McDougall et al. (2005), have been used to provide evidence for a dual route model of reading. However, such reports have been limited to basic naming tasks. To test the robustness of previous claims, we examined the utility of...

2011-07-04

Maschio, Nicole, Heck, Crystal, Broome, Carin

Speech generating communication devices (SGCD) are speech aids that help individuals who have severe speech impairments meet the needs of daily communication. They are commonly used by individuals who have congenital, developmental or acquired disabilities in which their ability to speak has been...

2011-08-03

Yungwirth, Shaelene, Genuis, Sarah, Charlton, Sheila

Currently, cognitive function of children with motor impairment is difficult to assess because most cognitive assessment tasks require manipulation of small objects and/or verbal intelligibility. Research has demonstrated that play using robots allows children with motor impairments to manipulate...

2011-06-30

Ball, Adina, Wong, Kimberley

The present study evaluates outcomes for individuals to determine how much better a patient’s hearing will be with a bone-anchored device on a headband than with no hearing aid, and how much better a patient’s hearing will be with the bone-anchored device connected to an implant compared to the...

2011-11-01

Simon Grange

Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent stromal cells residing within the connective tissue of most organs. Their surface phenotype has been well described. Most commonly, mesenchymal stem cells demonstrate the ability to differentiate into mesenchymal tissues (bone, catailge, fat, etc...),...

2011-12-20

Dolan, Elene, Holte, Heather, Trussell, Stephanie, Barnard, Kirsten

“The Cognition and Communication Home Workbook for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury” was designed to target speech, language and communication deficits and build upon strengths of individuals with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Development of the workbook was requested by the Brain Care...

2011-12-13

Howery, K., Meng, M.Q.H., Cook, A.M., Gu, J.J.

This paper presents technical aspects of a robot manipulator developed to facilitate learning by young children who are generally unable to grasp objects or speak. The severity of these physical disabilities also limits assessment of their cognitive and language skills and abilities. The CRS...