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Denna studies syfte har varit att utifrån föräldrars och assistenters erfarenheter, undersöka hur förskoleverksamhet för barn med cochleaimplantat (CI) upplevts och vilka önskemål som funnits när det gäller verksamhetens innehåll och organisation. Mot bakgrund av erfarenheter, vilka önskemål har föräldrar och assistenter om förskoleverksamhetens innehåll och organisation för barn med CI? Vilka uppfattningar som finns hos föräldrar och assistenter angående assistentens roll och ansvar kring tal och språkutveckling hos barn med CI samt vilken påverkan en integrerad avdelning kan ha för dessa barn i deras tal och språkutveckling? Den metod som har använts för att kunna undersöka dessa frågor är en kvalitativ intervjumetod med föräldrar och assistenter i en mindre kommun. De ljudinspelade intervjuerna har analyserats utifrån vårt transkrib...
We present the first high angular resolution observation of the B[e] star/X-ray transient object CI Cam, performed with the two-telescope Infrared Optical Telescope Array (IOTA), its upgraded three-telescope version (IOTA3T) and the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI). Visibilities and closure phases were obtained using the IONIC-3 integrated optics beam combiner. CI Cam was observed in the near-infrared H and K spectral bands, wavelengths well suited to measure the size and study the geometry of the hot dust surrounding CI Cam. The analysis of the visibility data over an 8yr period from soon after the 1998 outburst to 2006 shows that the dust visibility has not changed over the years. The visibility data show that CI Cam is elongated which confirms the disc-shape of the circumstellar environment and totally rules out the hypothesis o...
inequality, poverty, concentration, FGT, two-part model
Purpose <br/>A music-related quality of life (MuRQoL) questionnaire was developed for the evaluation of music rehabilitation for adult cochlear implant (CI) users. The present studies were aimed at refinement and validation. <br/><br/>Method <br/>Twenty-four experts reviewed the MuRQoL items for face validity. A refined version was completed by 147 adult CI users, and psychometric techniques were used for item selection, assessment of reliability, and definition of the factor structure. The same participants completed the Short Form Health Survey for construct validation. MuRQoL responses from 68 CI users were compared with those of a matched group of adults with normal hearing. <br/><br/>Results <br/>Eighteen items measuring music perception and engagement and 18 items measuring their importance were selected; they grouped together in...
Black swan, Dragon king, Power law, Empirical distribution function, Confidence interval.
Studies of speech production in French-speaking cochlear-implanted (CI) children are very scarce. Yet, difficulties in speech production have been shown to impact the intelligibility of these children. The goal of this study is to understand the effect of long-term use of cochlear implant on speech production, and more precisely on the coordination of laryngeal-oral gestures in stop production. The participants were all monolingual French children: 13 6;6- to 10;7-year-old CI children and 20 age-matched normally hearing (NH) children. We compared /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/ and /g/ in word-initial consonant-vowel sequences, produced in isolation in two different tasks, and we studied the effects of CI use, vowel context, task and age factors (i.e. chronological age, age at implantation and duration of implant use). Statistical analyses sho...
A common cause of profound deafness is hair cell dysfunction in the cochlea. Cochlear implants (CI) bypass the hair cells via an electrode and stimulate the cochlear nerve directly. Nowadays, it is possible to preserve residual hair cell function and hearing through flexible electrodes and a-traumatic CI surgery techniques; called hearing preservation CI surgery. This may suit partially deaf patients who can use natural low frequency hearing in combination with electric high frequency hearing; so-called hybrid hearing. The aim of this thesis was to elucidate the effectiveness of hearing preservation CI surgery. The thesis demonstrates human cochlear anatomy in relation to CI and evaluates hearing and patient satisfaction after hearing preservation CI surgery. Analyses of human cochlear moulds belonging to the Uppsala collection showed ...
Entrepreneurship and technology-based companies are increasingly used in the context of economic exploitation of results from research and development (R&D) activities. Business schools share the idea that the analysis of the competitive landscape is key for a successful enterprise launch. An analysis framework for the entrepreneurial process (MAPE), structured according to decision moments and other needs and challenges of entrepreneurs, is presented along with correspondent validation among practitioners. Technology-based companies tend to integrate the use of Competitive Intelligence (CI) in their internal processes, including R&D, empowering employees and moving the competitive concerns into the core of their corporate culture and knowledge management processes. The nature of CI contributions changes over the entrepreneurial cycle,...
