The present study aimed to examine the impact of first time users of amplification devices by participants having presbycusis on tinnitus. Pure tone Audiometry along with immittance audiometry and speech Audiometry was carried out. The Tinnitus handicap inventory (THI) questionnaire, developed by Newman et al. (1996), was administered in all participants for pre and post hearing aid fitting con...

Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) are common in contact sports. There is an association between mTBIs and altered motor function. BioSway technology measures individuals' balance using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS). Prior to incorporating BESS testing in concussion protocol, other variables that influence the BESS test require review. The objective of this study is to determine if...

Abstract A challenge of large-scale oral communication assessments is to feasibly assess a broad construct that includes interactional competence. One possible approach in addressing this use spoken dialog system (SDS), with the computer acting as peer elicit ratable speech sample. With aim, an SDS was built and four trained human raters assessed discourse elicited from 40 test takers completed...

the purpose of the this study was to investigate the effect of direct current on montoneuron reflex exitability. thirty six subjects (18 males, 18 females) 19.36 years of age ( x= 24.06, sd= 3.63) participated in this study. the reflex excitability of soleus motoneruons was assessed by measuring the amount of change in the peak to peak ampitude of the h-reflex before and after direct current wa...

Masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah proses pembelajaran yang dilaksanakan pada kelas IV SDN 3 Maria masih tergolong belum efektif sehingga mengakibatkan kemampuan peserta didik berpikir kritis rendah. Tujuan dari yaitu untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajran mind mapping terhadap peseta tahun ajaran 2021/2022. Subyek berjumlah 20 orang. Jenis digunakan pre eksperimen dengan desain one group...

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis perbedaan hasil pretest dan posttest kemampuan membaca peserta didik, serta motivasi belajar didik menggunakan pendekatan Whole Language komunikatif. Metode yang digunakan kuasi eksperimen dengan analisis data uji paired sample t-test independent t-test. Hasil menyatakan bahwa penggunaan pembelajaran lebih efektif dibanding komunikatif terhadap di...