Thesis
High fidelity musician's filters and auditory figure-ground performance in children
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/543
Abstract
Research defining and investigating Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) in children and adults is becoming more and more prominent in the fields of speech pathology and audiology. Specifically, research on the management of this heterogeneous disorder among the school-aged population has become important. One area lacking in research is children's performance and abilities in auditory figure-ground (background noise). Individuals with auditory figure-ground disorders have difficulty understanding speech in background noise, in spite of the fact that they have "normal" hearing. This study was designed to compare the effects high-fidelity musician's filters to evaluate performance during an auditory discrimination task in background noise among students with auditory figure-ground disorders. The results indicated improved performance in background noise for the majority of participants and that musician's filters will effectively decreased the effects of auditory figure-ground disorders in most participants. A pair of ER-20™ musician's filters, manufactured by Etymotic Research, Inc., was used for each participant in this study. The results are congruent with previous studies using earmuffs to achieve occlusion, showing that students' and adults' performance on auditory figure-ground tasks did improve (Hasbrouck, 1980, 1987, 1989). The results are discussed in terms of the possibility and benefit for prescribing musician's filters for children diagnosed with auditory figure-ground disorders, at the University Programs in Communication Disorders (UPCD) Clinic.
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- Title
- High fidelity musician's filters and auditory figure-ground performance in children
- Creators
- Amanda. Hoff
- Contributors
- Jon M. Hasbrouck (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525194801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis