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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:: . PHPD. 59 7. Individual responses using the objective test method for the E.A.R. PHPD. 60 8

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:: scores on the PLS-AC than on the PPVT. (Children with language ages higher than 60 months placed about

Re-Viewing Literacy : A Language Arts Teacher's Perspective

Creator:: Van Develder, Pamela A.
Abstract:: A controversy regarding literacy lies at the heart of debates over the current state of American education. In response to the debate, this study reviews and analyzes the literacy theories of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Walter Ong, Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole, Shirley Brice Heath, and Paulo Freire. The author presents...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: knowledge is acquired, skill follows" (60). Hirsch sees the lack of emphasis on specific content as an

Visual Imagery On Social Media: Increasing Power Through The Use of Photographs on Social Media

Creator:: Green, Julia M. (Julia Michelle)
Abstract:: Scholars promote the ability of visual imagery to have a number of political campaigning benefits such as influencing opinions and attitudes and encouraging vibrant, striving democracy while improving the quality of public knowledge and opinion. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify how presidential candidates display their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

Creator:: Owens, Michael V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

Creator:: Mekratri, Yaowarej
Abstract:: This research mainly examines the superior-subordinate relationship between Japanese managers and Thai subordinates working in joint ventures in Thailand, especially the management style of the Japanese and the reactions of the Thais, Cultural adaptation of Japanese expatriates and Thai subordinates is also explored. Through this study, we gain better understanding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Beyond "Clear Transmission" : Commercial Aviation, Communication and Crew Resource Management

Creator:: Robarge, Mary Alida
Abstract:: This exploratory study looks at communication perspectives and applies them to the transcript of USAir Flight 427, a flight that crashed while attempting to land. Researchers calculate that 60% to 80% of the accidents can he traced to pilot error. Many of these errors occur through a single communication event...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"The Grind" : MTV and female body image

Creator:: Layport, Jill E.
Abstract:: This research addresses the relationship between television programming and body image. It specifically investigates what the Music Television network's (MTV) dance show, "The Grind," communicates about female body image. Two studies were conducted. Study one used seven coders from a western United States high school to record female body images...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Clothing Style 59 4.6 Clothing Style and Ethnicity by Percentage 60 4.7 Measures of

The beat generation : a rhetoric of negation

Creator:: Mackaman, Julie Irene
Abstract:: The Beat Generation was an American counter-culture movement in the 1950's. Comprised of nomadic writers, poets, actors, musicians, and artists, the Beat movement represented no systematic philosophy and its most distinguishing characteristic was its apolitical disengagement from society. The Beats offered no substantive alternatives to the existing social order, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

Creator:: Smith, Jonathan Michael
Abstract:: On September 12th 1960, just two months prior to one of the closest Presidential elections in American history, John F. Kennedy faced the Houston Ministerial Association and delivered a powerful speech on religion and Americanism. The "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign drew immense interest and trumped other issues pertinent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ” (Powell 60), which some found to be a hindrance, while others thought it to be an advantage (Powell 61

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

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

Re-Viewing Literacy : A Language Arts Teacher's Perspective

Visual Imagery On Social Media: Increasing Power Through The Use of Photographs on Social Media

For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

East Meets East: Cross-Cultural Communication between Japanese Managers and Thai Subordinates

Beyond "Clear Transmission" : Commercial Aviation, Communication and Crew Resource Management

"The Grind" : MTV and female body image

The beat generation : a rhetoric of negation

Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

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