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The Effect of Visual Feedback Intervention on Voice Pitch of Adult with Hearing Impairment (선천성 청각장애성인의 시각적피드백 이용 음도치료 효과)

  • Euh, Su-Ji;Yoon, Mi-Sun
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.215-226
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    • 2005
  • This study is an attempt to investigate effect of pitch treatment program using visual feedback for profound deaf adults. Dr. Speech program was applied as a training tool. The subjects of this study were 3 profound deaf adults. Speech samples for evaluation were vowel prolongations and connected speech. Analysis was performed under the principle of single subject research design. As results of this study, all subjects showed the treatment effects which were represented by lowering fundamental frequency and speaking fundamental frequency.

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Articulation Production Ability and the Phonological Pattern of Profound Hearing Impaired Children who Are at Different Education Condition (교육환경이 다른 학령기 고도난청아동의 음소 산출능력과 그 음운패턴의 변화)

  • Huh, Myung-Jin;Lee, Sang-Heun;Jeong, Ok-Ran
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 2001
  • This study was designed to evaluate the phonological characteristics in profound hearing-impaired children. 10 males and 10 females participated in this study and all were prelingually hearing impaired. 7 children were educated at deaf school and 13 children at general elementary school with private clinic. Their hearing levels were more than 95dB HL and did not appear any wave by ABR. The results can be summarized as following: The articulation accuracy of hearing impaired children was 54.19% and most distinguished phonological patterns of the hearing impaired children were alveolarization and stop assimilation. The accurate articulation phonation was significantly different from education system between deaf school and general school. The error articulation degrees in profound hearing impaired children at general school seemed meaningfully smaller than those in hearing impaired children at deaf school.

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Laryngeal Findings and Phonetic Characteristics in Prelingually Deaf Patients (언어습득기 이전 청각장애인의 후두소견 및 음성학적 특성)

  • Kim, Seong-Tae;Yoon, Tae-Hyun;Kim, Sang-Yoon;Choi, Seung-Ho;Nam, Soon-Yuhl
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2009
  • Background and Objectives : There are few studies reported that specifically examine the laryngeal function in patients with profound hearing loss or deafness, This study was designed to examine videostroboscopic findings and phonetic characteristics in adult patients with prelingually deaf. Materials and Method: Sixteen patients (seven males, nine females) diagnosed as prelingually deaf aged from 19 to 54 years, and were compared with a 20 normal control group with no laryngeal pathology and normal hearing group, Videostroboscopic evaluations were rated by experienced judges on various parameters describing the structure and function of the laryngeal mechanism during comfortable pitch and loudness phonations. Acoustic analysis test were done, and a nasalance test performed to measure rabbit, baby, and mother passage. CSL were measured to determine the first and two formant frequencies of vowels /a/, /i/, /u/, Statistical analysis was done using Mann-Whitney U or Wilcoxon signed ranks test. Results: Videostroboscopic findings showed phase symmetry but significantly more occurrences decrement in the amplitude of vibration, mucosal wave, irregularity of the vibration and increased glottal gap size during the closed phase of phonation, In addition, group of prelingually deaf patients were observed to have significantly more occurrences of abnormal supraglottic activities during phonation. The percentage of shimmer in the group of prelingually deaf patients were higher than in the control group. Characteristics of vowels were lower of the second formant of the vowel /i/. Nasalance in prelingually deaf patients showed normal nasality for all passages, Conclusion: Prelingually deaf patients show stroboscopic abnormal findings without any mucosal lesion, suggesting that they have considerable functional voice disorder. We suggest that prelingually deaf adults should perform vocal training for normalized laryngeal function after cochlear implantation.

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Comparison of the Usefulness with Frequency Transposition Hearing System and Conventional Hearing Aids for the Deaf (청각장애인에 대한 주파수 전위 보청기와 일반 보청기의 효용성 비교)

  • Han, Min-Kyung;Lee, Jung-Hak;Kim, Jin-Sook
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.3
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    • pp.50-56
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    • 1998
  • Frequency transposition (FT) hearing system was designed for individuals with little or no residual hearing at high frequencies. This device compresses and shifts the wide-band, high frequency acoustic energy where important features for speech perception are concentrated to the audible, lower range of frequencies. The usefulness of the FT system was investigated for 12 patients (7 children and 5 adults) with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing losses compared with conventional hearing aids. Results suggest that the hearing impaired can benefit from the FT system with appropriate selection criteria and auditory (re)habilitation program.

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Variables for Predicting Speech Acceptability of Children with Cochlear Implants (인공와우이식 아동 말용인도의 예측 변인)

  • Yoon, Mi Sun
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 2014
  • Purposes: Speech acceptability means the subjective judgement of listeners regarding the naturalness and normality of the speech. The purpose of this study was to determine the predicting variables for speech acceptabilities of children with cochlear implants. Methods: Twenty seven children with CI participated. They had profound pre-lingual hearing loss without any additional disabilities. The mean of chronological ages was 8;9, and mean of age of implantation was 2;11. Speech samples of reading and spontaneous speech were recorded separately. Twenty college students who were not familiar to the speech of deaf children evaluated the speech acceptabilities using visual analog scale. 1 segmental (articulation) and 6 suprasegmental features (pitch, loudness, quality, resonance, intonation, and speaking rate) of speech were perceptually evaluated by 3 SLPs. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were performed to evaluate the predicting variables. Results: The means of speech acceptability for reading and spontaneous speech were 73.47 and 71.96, respectively. Speech acceptability of reading was predicated by the severity of intonation and articulation. Speech acceptability of spontaneous speech was predicated by the severity of intonation and loudness. Discussion and conclusion: Severity of intonation was the most effective variable to predict the speech acceptabilities of both reading and spontaneous speech. A further study would be necessary to generalize the result and to apply this result to intervention in clinical settings.

Audiological Study in Hearing Impaired Patient with Non-Perforated Ear Drums (고막천공 없이 자각난청을 호소하는 환자의 순음청력상 관한 임상통계적 고찰)

  • 김은우;장병일;추광철;김선곤
    • Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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    • 1976.06a
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    • pp.86.2-86
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    • 1976
  • Authors have performed the audiological analysis in accordance with age, sex, site, duration, cause, ear drums, curve pattern, and hearing level taken from 165 patients (Male; 101, Female; 64) with non-perforated ear drums who had complained hearing impairment. The results are as follows. 1. The audiographic pattern has classified into Normal (30 cases, 18.18%), Flat form (46 cases, 20.6%), Ascending form (5 cases, 3%), Mountain form (9 cases, 5.4%), Basin form (7 cases, 4.2%), Total deaf (24 cases, 14.55%) and Others (10 cases, 6%). 2. In age distribution, the highest is in 3rd decade (50 cases, 30.3%), and the next is in 2nd (43 cases, 26%), 4th (27 cases, 16.3%) in order. 3. Male (101 cases) is more than female (64 cases) giving ratio of 1.9 : 1 4. Bilateral involvement is in 58 cases and unilateral is in 77 5. 45 cases (27.3%) in duration of hearing loss is as short as 3 months and the next is overs; 28 cases (16.9%) 6 to 10 years; 21 cases (12. 7%). And in cases of total deaf, nearly all cases is over 10 years. 6. The suspected cause of the hearing loss is unknown (99 cases, 60%) and the next is following head trauma by traffic accidents in 31 cases (18.8 %) and is related to the middle ear diseased in 12. cases (7.3%). Other causes like senile, noise etc. are in few. 7. The most common findings in ear drums is normal in 177 ears (79.4%) and the next is retracted drums in 28 ears (12.6%). 8. The average hearing level is widely distributed from mild to profound hearing loss which was not related to the audigraphic pattern.

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A Study on Residual Hearing of Hearing Impaired Children (고도난청아(高度難聽兒)에 대(對)한 잔존청력(殘存聽力))

  • Rhee, Kyu-Shik;Kim, Doo-Hie
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.51-63
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    • 1973
  • This paper illustrate residual hearing and socio-medical background on the hearing impaired children, 207 comming to Deaf School. attached to Hankuk Social Work College, Taegu, Korea. The survey was performed through interview with their parents and testing by diagnostic audio-meter (TRIO, AS 105 type) at soundproof room from March 10, to November 28, 1973. The results obtained were as follows. 1) The attendance rate of the compulsory primary school was markedly lower tendency in female than male according to directly proportional to prevalence rate of deafness among them. If was showed the deeper gap in the more superior school (middle and high school). 2) Who entered at the suitable age to each school (six years old to primary school, 12 years to middle and 15 years to high) was 11.3%. And who were enrolled in school age to each school (6-11 years for primary. 12-14 years for middle and 15-17 years for high) was 45.9% (43.7% in male, 50.0% in female). 3) As causative disease, congenital case, were 23.6% included of 13.5% of heredity and 10.1% of troubles during pregnancy; the total acquired cases were 47.9%, it was classified as 11.6% of convulsion from any other diseases, 7.7% of measles, 7.7% of other febrile diseases, 3.4% of drug (the most of streptomycin) intoxication, 2.4% of meningitis, 1.5% of epidemic encephalitis and 31.3% of other diseases; and unknown cases were 28.5%. 4) 31.4% of who included congenital cases lost their hearing within six months old, 11.6% in 6-11 months. 9.7% in 1-2 years old and 14.0% in 2-3years old. Consequently we obtained that the most cases 90.0% were lost their hearing within 3 years after birth. 5) According to qualities of hearing leases the most of cases were perceptive, 197(97.5%), only two cases were conductive, and eight cases were mixed. 6) The status of residual hearing according to average grade of hearing loss. $B(=\frac{a+2b+c}{4}$ as table 13) were as follows. Two cases were normal (one was mute and another was severe speach disorder). Ten cases, moderate. Moderately severe cases were 40 (19.3%). Severe cases, 38(18.4%). Scale out, profound cases, 48 (23.3%). And impossible testing cases because that were infantile or had some mental disorder were 69 (33.3%). 7) The using rate of hearing aides was only 12.0%. Among them who had some more residual hearing and could showed hearing effect with hearing aide have used more many proportionary but who were difficult to expect that effect were rare.

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