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An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

Creator:: Maier, Pamela M.
Abstract:: This study investigated terminal and instrumental value priorities of students in various majors within an academic department. The investigator tested a sample of 99 volunteers of both sexes from several classes in the department of Speech Communication at a major land grant university by use of the Rokeach Value Survey....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 74 Appendix A - INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBJECTS Appendix B - INVITATION TO SUBJECTS Appendix C - FOLLOW-UP

Physicians' attitudes toward hearing aids

Creator:: Van Kessel, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to examine physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing aids. This study was conducted with 71 general practitioners affiliated with Scarborough General Hospital in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Attitude was measured by a 5-point Likert-type scale developed for the study. Knowledge was measured through...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on December 18, 1989. Title: Physicians' Attitudes Toward Hearing Aids Abstract approved: A

Predicting in situ hearing aid reponse from pure tone hearing tests and ear canal resonance

Creator:: Allen, Daniel P.
Abstract:: Real ear measurements are being used to predict and validate hearing aid fittings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the hearing aid response as measured by real ear measurements to pure tone hearing thresholds and ear canal resonance. In order to test this hypothesis clinically,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: canal hearing aids. Results revealed that pure tone thresholds and canal resonance together is not a

Communication Styles Used by Male and Female Executives to Handle Conflict with Subordinates

Creator:: Rahmun, Lindsay
Abstract:: This study examines the self-reported behavior and ideals of a sample of upper level managers, in relation to conflict management with subordinates. A survey developed by the author, which measures directive and participative managerial behavior and ideals, was sent to a randomly selected sample of 250 female and 250 male...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: This study examines the self-reported behavior and ideals of a sample of upper level managers, in

High-context and low-context cultures: value system variations for American and Japanese university students and their resultant communication patterns

Creator:: Yamaguchi, Shinobu Yume
Abstract:: This exploratory investigation focused on the validity of the concepts of high-context and low-context as a meaningful and powerful construct for examining cultural differences. Specifically, American and Japanese value differences and communication patterns were examined. The study tested the hypotheses that Japanese students would rank high-context group orientation values higher...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - cepts of high-context and low-context as a meaningful and powerful con- struct for examining cultural

A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

Creator:: Martin, Larry G.
Abstract:: Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of growing concern. Over the past 15 years, several well-documented studies have been completed which express the relationships between industrial noise exposure and damage to normal and pathological ears. This research has provided knowledge of considerable importance to developing successful hearing conservation programs....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: effective A-weighted sound exposure level for the worker. The NRR is the difference between the overall C

The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

Creator:: Tobey, Toni K.
Abstract:: The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Toni K. Tobey for the

Competencies of informational speaking as perceived by selected American and Thai speech professors

Creator:: Kulthongkham, Sukkarnya
Abstract:: This study explored the applicability of a small portion of Western communication theory and practice to an Eastern culture. It compared the opinions or professional judgments of five Thai speech instructors who had obtained their doctorates in American universities with those of five American speech instructors who hold doctorates in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effectively. The three purposes of supporting material are: a. to clarify; b. to make interesting; c. to make

Inter-test Comparison of Three Preschool Language Tests : SICD, PLS, a d PPVT R

Creator:: Hansen, Laura S.
Abstract:: Thirty preschoolers were tested for language skills using the Preschool Language Scale (PLS), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) Form L, and Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development (SICD). Each child's age scores on one test were compared to his/her scores on the other two tests. As a group, the children achieved...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : SICD, PLS, a d PPVT R Abstract approved: Thirty preschoolers were tested for language skills using

An evaluation of using the spiral model to teach media at Oregon State University

Creator:: Piepmeier, Karen Swanson
Abstract:: A decade after the School of Education at Oregon State University adopted a spiral model of curriculum for teacher education, a study was conducted to determine if Instructional Media, one thread of that model, was spiralled in the curriculum. A survey was conducted of graduating seniors, using a questionnaire to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: curriculum, and c) a spiralled curriculum. 50 14. Individual student responses to the microcomputer topic

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An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

Physicians' attitudes toward hearing aids

Predicting in situ hearing aid reponse from pure tone hearing tests and ear canal resonance

Communication Styles Used by Male and Female Executives to Handle Conflict with Subordinates

High-context and low-context cultures: value system variations for American and Japanese university students and their resultant communication patterns

A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

Competencies of informational speaking as perceived by selected American and Thai speech professors

Inter-test Comparison of Three Preschool Language Tests : SICD, PLS, a d PPVT R

An evaluation of using the spiral model to teach media at Oregon State University

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