• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.100-107
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• 2007

자동화 청성뇌간반응검사(automated auditory brainstem response; AABR)는 ABR 파형을 자동으로 검출하여 신생아의 청각선별검사에 사용되고 있다. 본 논문은 앙상블 평균된 ABR 파형에 대해서 롤의 정리를 이용한 새로운 자동화 ABR 파형 검출 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 정상 청력을 가진 신생아의 55개의 귀를 대상으로 30, 40, 50, 60 dBnHL의 다양한 강도를 가진 클릭 자극음에 대한 청성뇌간반응 파형을 측정하였다. 수동 검출법(manual detection method)과 제안된 자동 검출법을 이용하여 파형 III 과 V의 평균 잠복기(average latency time) 차를 분석하였는데, 동일한 파형(잠복기 차 < 0.2 ms)으로 관측되어 두 방법 간에는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 또한 미분 자동 검출법(automated detection method using derivative estimation)과 제안된 자동 검출법을 파형 III과 V로 판명될 후보 파형의 개수에 대해 비교하였다. 미분 자동 검출법에 비해 제안한 자동 검출법에서 후보 파형의 개수가 47 % 감소되어 검출되었다. 또한 수동 검출법에 대한 제안된 자동 검출법의 잠복기 오차율은 미분 자동 검출법에 비해 60 dBnHL의 자극강도에서 낮은 잠복기 오차율(<0.01 %)을 보였다. 따라서 제안된 알고리즘으로 청각전문가가 기존의 수동 검출 방법보다 객관적이고 정량적으로 파형 III과 V를 검출하고 표시할 수 있게 된 데에 의의가 있다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2012

Korean alveolar fricatives are late-developing speech sounds. Most previous research on phonemes used individual words or pseudo words to produce sounds, but word-level phonological analysis does not always reflect a child's practical articulation ability. Also, there has been limited research on articulation development looking at speech production by grammatical morphemes despite its importance in Korean language. Therefore, this research examines the articulation development and phonological patterns of the /s/ phoneme in terms of morphological types produced in children's spontaneous conversational speech. The subjects were twenty-two typically developing 3- and 4-year-old Koreans. All children showed normal levels in three screening tests: hearing, vocabulary, and articulation. Spontaneous conversational samples were recorded at the children's homes. The results are as follows. The error rates decreased with increasing age in all morphological contexts. Also, error percentages within an age group were significantly lower in lexical morphemes than in grammatical morphemes. The stopping of fricative sounds was the main error pattern in all morphological contexts and reduced as age increased. This research shows that articulation performance can differ significantly by morphological contexts. The present study provides data that can be used to identify the difficult context for articulatory evaluation and therapy of alveolar fricative sounds.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2011

This study is to examine architectural designers' views on the correlations between components and contextual principle of the roadside building facade with the roadside building facade on the border of Asian Culture Center in Gwangju which is expected to undergo a great change by public policies. For setting direction of the roadside building management at the region examined, height of facade, advertisement/signboard, security of continuity through surface pattern management, nodes building, array of height by story, awning/arcade and locality of advertisement/signboard should be induced to design with locality and consideration of local characteristics with silhouette, window and external colors is needed for discrimination from other cities. Regarding the realization method important thing was found that the planning and implementation of architectural design guidelines, architectural aesthetics of the pre-hearing enhancement, active citizen participation, and then additional landscape screening system, incentive schemes, landscape designation of landscape zone was found to be a major realization system.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2017

A review study was conducted to examine the adverse effects of styrene, styrene mixtures, or styrene and/or styrene mixtures and noise on the auditory system in humans employed in occupational settings. The search included peer-reviewed articles published in English language involving human volunteers spanning a 25-year period (1990-2015). Studies included peer review journals, caseecontrol studies, and case reports. Animal studies were excluded. An initial search identified 40 studies. After screening for inclusion, 13 studies were retrieved for full journal detail examination and review. As a whole, the results range from no to mild associations between styrene exposure and auditory dysfunction, noting relatively small sample sizes. However, four studies investigating styrene with other organic solvent mixtures and noise suggested combined exposures to both styrene organic solvent mixtures may be more ototoxic than exposure to noise alone. There is little literature examining the effect of styrene on auditory functioning in humans. Nonetheless, findings suggest public health professionals and policy makers should be made aware of the future research needs pertaining to hearing impairment and ototoxicity from styrene. It is recommended that chronic styrene-exposed individuals be routinely evaluated with a comprehensive audiological test battery to detect early signs of auditory dysfunction.

• Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.308-317
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• 2017

Objectives: We aimed to examine the effects of various leisure activities on cognitive impairment in young-old (aged 65-74 years) and old-old (aged ${\geq}75$ years) adults. Methods: In total, 10,279 elderly Korean individuals from the 2014 Korean National Survey on Older Adults' cohort were enrolled in our study. Cognitive impairment was assessed using the standardized score of the Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening, whereas leisure activities were recorded via self-reporting of the extent and type of leisure activity the subjects involved in over the past year. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the effect of leisure activities on cognitive impairment, while controlling for potential covariates. Results: The subjects were more likely to participate in cognitive activities than in non-exercise physical activities. After controlling for selected covariates, involvement in cognitive activities was found to be a significant predictor of cognitive impairment in both the groups, whereas involvement in non-exercise physical activities was not a predictor of cognitive impairment in individuals aged ${\geq}75$ years. Moreover, depressive symptoms, rural residence, and hearing difficulties were common predictors of cognitive impairment among elderly-Korean-individuals. Conclusion: Leisure activity involvement may help delay cognitive impairment, which is often concomitant with aging. Hence, an early intervention service may significantly benefit both young-old and old-old individuals.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.443-454
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictors of delirium in patients after orthopedic surgery. Methods: Participants were 121 orthopedic surgery patients from one university affiliated hospital located in Seoul. The instrument of Delirium Observation Screening Scale (DOS) developed by Schuurmans et al. (2003) was utilized. Data were collected from September 1st, 2010 to March 31st, 2011 and analyzed using SPSS 12.0 with descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-square test and logistic regression. Results: The delirium in patients after orthopedic surgery was occurred in 9 (7.4%) out of 121 patients. Several factors were associated with the delirium occurrence age, admission route, preadmission Activity of Daily Living (ADL), preadmission hearing aid use, preadmission walking degree, diagnosis, type of surgery, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay after surgery, restraint, drainage tube, time of admission to surgery, preoperative albumin and preoperative sodium. Preadmission ADL, preoperative sodium and time of admission to surgery were the significant predictors of the delirium occurrence. Conclusion: Study results may help nurses predicting and detecting delirium early and providing preventive measures to the patients with high risk of delirium after orthopedic surgery.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2020

According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, "Status of Registered Persons with Disabilities", the number of people with disabilities is 2,494,460 as of 2015. The lowest rates of children with disabilities were intellectual disabilities (23%) and mental disorders (33.3%). The highest rates of screening were blindness (97%), heart failure (94.4%), and hearing impairment (92.7%). 65.2% of visually impaired people who have already had a disability at the time of marriage, and the remaining 34.8% can be thought to be the cause of high incidence of disability after marriage. 'SID (Seed in the Dark)' project was designed to recapture the visually impaired parent's desire for attachment and the space difficulties of the blind who want to be a normal parent to their children through a visual impairment of a father with 7-year-old daughter. Using Gear VR(Virtual Reality), the general public was able to feel the surroundings as if they had no vision and focused on the hearing. Especially, We expressed the sound wave visually and added the hilarious game element which grasps the terrain of the maze by sound wave like a 'blind person who perceives the surroundings by sound' and catches up with daughter. People with disabilities who are far from mental illness often have a form of family with children. The fact that the rate of childbirth is high means that there is relatively little problem in daily life. It is wondered that the rate of blindness among the visually impaired, which accounts for 10% of the total disabled, is the highest at 97%. This is because, in the case of the visually impaired, the obstacle is often caused by aging, accidents, or diseases due to inherited causes rather than the visual disorder. In particular, However, the fact that there is an obstacle in vision that accounts for 83% of the body's sensory organs causes other difficulties in the nursing process of children who are non-disabled. Parents do not know the face of child when their visual impairment is severe. Parents are extremely anxious about worry that they will be lost or abducted if their children are not by their side. And that the child recognizes the disability of his or her parents other than the other parents easily and takes it as a deficiency. Since visually impaired parents are mentally mature parents with non-disabled people, they may want their children not to feel deprived of their disability. The number of people with visual impairments has been increasing since 2001, and people with impairments often become disabled. In addition, there is much research on the problem of nondisabled parents who have children with disabilities, while there is relatively little interest and research on the problem of nondisabled child rearing of parents with disabilities.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2009년도 춘계학술발표논문집
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• pp.599-602
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• 2009

본 연구는 2006년 3월부터 2007년 2월까지 일개 대학병원에서 출생한 고위험군 신생아 121명을 대상으로 청각선별검사인 자동화 유발이음향방사와 확진검사인 청성뇌유발전위검사를 실시하여 임상양상과 청각장애 발생률, 검사소요 시간에 대해 조사하였다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 청각장애발생률은 전체 고위험군 신생아 121명 중 5명의 신생아가 난청으로 조기에 진단되었다. 2. 난청으로 확진 받은 신생아 5명의 관련 질병을 살펴보면 고빌리루빈혈증 2명, 저체중 1명, 구개열 1명, 다운증후군 1명이었다. 3. 난청으로 확진 받은 신생아 5명의 청력손실정도는 양측 고도난청 1명(70dB), 양측 중도난청 2명(55dB), 편측성 난청 2명으로 나타났다. 4. 검사소요 시간은 선별검사인 유발이음향방사 검사를 실시하는 데 소요된 총 시간의 평균은 $107.5{\pm}65.2$초였고, 확진검사인 청성뇌유발전위 검사를 실시하는 데 소요된 총 시간의 평균은 $1,500{\pm}90.1$초가 소요되었다. 5. 연구를 진행하는 도중 11명의 고위험군 신생아가 이사, 연락처 변경, 경제적 사정으로 추적검사에 참여하지 않았다. 신생아 난청은 다른 질병에 비해 발병률이 높은 선천성 질환으로서 모든 신생아를 대상으로 청각검사를 실시하여 난청의 조기진단에 대한 선별검사의 정착이 필요하다고 생각된다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.443-458
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• 2020

본 연구는 한국 남녀 노인의 여가활동과 인지기능 간 관계를 탐구하는데 그 목적이 있다. 연구의 목적을 위해 국내 지역사회에 거주하고 있는 65세 이상 노인에 대한 대표성 있는 자료인 노인실태조사 자료를 활용하여 주요변수에 대한 결측값이 없는 10,055명에 대해 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 여가활동은 생산적 및 소비적 여가활동, 미분류 활동의 세 가지 유형으로 구분하였으며 치매선별용 한국어판 간이정신상태검사(Mini Mental Status Examination for Dementia Screening)의 연령, 성별, 교육수준별 기준 점수에 미달하는 경우 인지기능 장애가 있는 것으로 보았다. 연구결과 여가활동 유형 중에서 생산적 여가활동이 유일하게 남녀 한국 노인의 인지기능 장애 관련 요인으로 나타났으며 소비적 여가활동과 미분류 활동은 유의한 관계를 확인할 수 없었다. 생산적 여가활동 외에 연령, 교육수준, 경제활동 참여, 주관적인 청각 장애 및 우울감이 유의한 관련변수로 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 통해 향후 노인 여가정책에 대한 방향을 제시하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.289-294
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• 2009

목 적 : 언어 발달 지연아들에게 흔히 시행되는 검사들로서 뇌 자기공명 영상, 염색체 핵형분석, 뇌 전위 유발검사, 뇌파, Tandem mass 선별검사 및 6종 선천성 대사질환 선별검사가 원인 질환의 진단에 유용한 지를 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법 : 2000년 1월부터 2007년 6월까지 언어 발달 지연을 주소로 영남대학교 부속병원 소아신경클리닉에서 신경심리검사와 원인 질환에 대한 검사를 받았던 122명의 환아를 대상으로 의무 기록을 검토하여 증례별로 현상학적 질환의 범주로 나누고 원인/연관 추정 소견 여부를 확인한 후 검사의 양성률과 원인 질환의 진단에서의 유용성을 분석하는 후향적 연구를 시행하였다. 결 과 : 대상 환아 122예에서 정신지체 47예(38.5%), 발달성 언어장애 40예(32.8%), 경계선 지능이 23예(18.9%) 그리고 자폐 범주 질환이 12예(9.8%)였다. 원인/연관 추정 소견은 26예(21.3 %)에서 찾을 수 있었으며 이형 증후군이 5예, 소두증이 4예, 미숙아 분만 및 신생아 가사의 병력을 가진 경우가 3예, 저출생 체중아가 3예, 양육된 환경적인 요인이 문제였던 경우가 3예 등의 순으로 많았다. 검사 소견으로 자기공명 영상 77예 중 8예(10.4%), 뇌파 75예 중 6예(8.0%)에서 이상 소견이 관찰되었고 뇌 전위 유발검사 80예 중 양측 이상을 보인 경우가 4예(5%)있었으나 2예에서는 추적 관찰시 정상화되었다. 염색체 핵형분석 80예, Tandem mass 선별검사 67예와 대사질환에 대한 신생아 선별검사 15예에서 이상 소견이 관찰된 경우는 없었다. 검사 소견 중 뇌 자기공명 영상은 대뇌 겉질 형성 이상 1예의 확진과 뇌량 형성 부전 3예와 뇌연화증 1예의 원인 질환 추정에, 그리고 뇌 전위 유발검사는 청각 장애 2예의 확진에 도움이 되었다. 결 론 : 언어 발달 지연의 원인 질환의 진단 시 흔히 시행되는 검사들은 유용성이 크지 않으며 검사의 시행은 증례의 특징에 따라 선별적으로 시행하는 것이 바람직하다. 그러나 원인 질환의 진단에는 도움이 되지 않는다고 하더라도 검사에서 이상 소견이 관찰되는 경우가 적지 않으므로 언어 발달 지연의 전체적인 평가에는 이들 검사의 의미에 대해서는 좀 더 연구가 필요하다.