In spite of the rise of Information Extraction and the development of many applications in the last twenty years, this task encounters problems when it is carried out on atypical texts such as oral communication notes. Oral communication notes are texts which are the result of an oral communication (meeting, talk, etc.) and they aim to synthesize the informative contents of the communication. T...

Speech perception test results were obtained from a group of 40 pediatric cochlear implant users. Half of the children participated in oral-only habilitation programs, which included both traditional oral and auditory-verbal approaches, and half participated in programs that used a combination of oral and manual communication referred to as total communication (TC). Analysis of the scores showe...

Maxillectomy often leads to oralnasal or excessive oral-pharyngeal communication. The remaining teeth may need further preparation for various reasons, including crown or fixed dental prosthesis restoration. High-volume water is used in conjunction with highspeed tooth preparation to avoid the excessive heat generation that could endanger the health of the pulp. The water aerosol generated by t...

The pressing need for English oral communication skills in multifarious contexts today is compelling impetus behind the large number of studies done on oral proficiency interviewing. Moreover, given the recently articulated concerns with the fairness and social dimension of such interviews, parallel concerns have been raised as to how most fairly to assess the oral communication skills of exami...

This study examined the speech intelligibility of profoundly, prelingually or congenitally deaf children who use hearing aids. Children were one to fifteen years old and they were classified into subgroups according to residual hearing (PTA between 90 and 100, 100 and 110 or greater than 110 dB HL) and communication mode (either oral or total communication). They read lists of standard sentence...

Identifies how contexts affect communication strategies and practices Engages in effective communication practices in a variety of situations and with a variety of media Oral Communication [1] Written Communication Writing Across the Curriculum/Using Writing [2] Visual Literacy [3] Media Literacy [4] Technological Literacy Integrating Instructional Technology into Your Courses [5] Online Teachi...