Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Creator Conkey, Judith A. Remove constraint Creator: Conkey, Judith A. Resource Type Masters Thesis Remove constraint Resource Type: Masters Thesis

Search Results

  • A Study of Tinnitus Patients With Normal Peripheral Auditory Systems

    Creator:
    Gehring, Maribeth Young
    Abstract:
    Tinnitus is usually accompanied by a hearing loss; however, many patients with tinnitus present with normal hearing. The hypothesis was proposed that individuals with tinnitus who do not have an accompanying peripheral hearing loss, have tinnitus as a result of a disorder in the Central Auditory Nervous System. In order...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    : Dr. Harlan Conkey Redacted for Privacy Tinnitus is usually accompanied by a hearing loss; however

  • 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:
    . Harlan Conkey Real ear measurements are being used to predict and validate hearing aid fittings. The

  • 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

  • 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:
    Abstract approved. _Redacted for Privacy Harlan D. Conkey / Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of

  • Women's individual accounts of the romantic content in glamour and cosmopolitan and its relationship to their lived experiences

    Creator:
    Weaver, Shauna Q.
    Abstract:
    The following question guided this research: How do female readers understand the romantic content of Cosmopolitan and/or Glamour magazines, and how do they perceive connections between their readership of this content and their personal ideas and behaviors regarding romantic relationships? This study involved a series of responsive interviews in which...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    . Abstract approved: Judith K. Bowker The following question guided this research: How do female

  • The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

    Creator:
    Biddle, Jeanette M.
    Abstract:
    This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    The Blessingway : a woman's birth ritual AN ABSTRACT OF

  • A multi-trophic level examination of recreational impacts on a national wild and scenic river

    Creator:
    Wright, Kristopher Keith
    Abstract:
    Initially, components of an aquatic food web were examined to study impacts of recreational use on the aquatic ecology of Quartzville Creek, Oregon in 1995 and 1996. Measurements of the food web components consisted of observations of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus), visual counts of the larval caddisfly Dicosmoecus gilvipes, benthic...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Examination of Recreational Impacts on a National Wild and Scenic River. Abstract approved: Judith Lew

  • Seasonal dynamics of a riparian food web in the Oregon Coast Range mountains

    Creator:
    Robillard, Amanda Lynn
    Abstract:
    Riparian areas are eco-tones where aquatically- and terrestrially-derived insect biomass is exchanged between habitats, presenting consumers with new sources of energy, and resulting in a reciprocal subsidy. The relative contribution of energy exchange and the resulting impacts on vertebrate riparian consumers, such as fish or birds, remains poorly understood. We...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Science presented on May 3, 2006. Title: Seasonal Dynamics of a Riparian Food Web in the Oregon Coast

  • The Influence of a Daughter's Managerial Style on Father-Daughter Work Relationships in Family-Owned Businesses

    Creator:
    Bottaro, Michelle Reser
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a daughter's managerial style and her personal relationship with her father in father-daughter work relationships in family-owned businesses. This research is an attempt to reveal daughters' perceptions of these occurrences and interactions which often are overlooked in current research...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    , Speech Communication, and Business Administration presented on April 14, 1993 Title: The Influence of a

  • Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
    Abstract:
    This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Motherhood: A Case Study. Abstract approved