scholarly journals The Effect of Visual Feedback on the Voice Control Ability of Pre-lingual Deafened Young Adults with Cochlear Implants

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-544
Author(s):  
Ji Eun Kang ◽  
Youngmee Lee ◽  
Hyun Sub Sim
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Visual Feedback ◽  
Voice Control ◽  
The Voice

The Path to Adulthood: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Exploration of the Experiences of Unaccompanied Minors in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Moleiro ◽  
Sandra Roberto
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Autobiographical Narratives ◽  
Unaccompanied Minors ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Age Of Majority ◽  
The Voice

Abstract Unaccompanied minors who reach the age of majority often experience this transition as a complex stage. Insecurity and helplessness may arise and, in some cases, survival without the support of the institutions and services that previously protected them as minors in the host country may mean becoming at risk for social exclusion. The objective of the present study was to characterize unaccompanied minors in Portugal (N = 67) and understand the processes of transition into the age of majority, using a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative (survey) and qualitative (interviews on autobiographical narratives) methodologies were used as a means of acknowledging the voice of minors/young adults in their trajectories and experiences. Two groups were included, with minors (in residential care) and youths who had already reached adulthood (living independently). Results illustrate diverse reasons for arrival in Portugal and distinct strengths and struggles in the integration experiences, with both positive and negative aspects being identified in the transition to autonomy.

A Detection System of Location and Direction Angle by a RF Tag Reader Using a Rotary Antenna

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Asakawa ◽  
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Kazue Nishihara ◽  
Tadashi Yoshidome ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Automatic Correction ◽  
Electric Wheelchair ◽  
Direction Angle ◽  
Voice Control ◽  
Moving Direction ◽  
Rf Tags ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Voice Instruction

This paper describes the method of presuming the angle of moving direction of an electric wheelchair by reading information of RF tags put on a floor using a rotary antenna, which is fixed underneath the wheelchair, revolving constantly above RF tags of the floor at a turning point. Our primary intention is to make a detection system of direction angle using RF tags for a voice controlled electric wheelchair. The voice instruction cannot give smooth nor detailed controls with ease unlike the joystick control. Because the voice control system can use only a few discrete instruction words. Thereby to assist smooth indoor motion, we proposed here a new method of automatic correction of the direction angle measured by the above rotary antenna and RF tags. We demonstrated experimentally to detect and correct the angle of moving direction when the wheelchair passes over the turning point, which was found to give accurate orientations.This paper is the full translation from the transactions of JSME Vol.73, No.729.

scholarly journals Long-Term Speech and Language Outcomes in Prelingually Deaf Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Who Received Cochlear Implants in Childhood

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 289-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad V. Ruffin ◽  
William G. Kronenberger ◽  
Bethany G. Colson ◽  
Shirley C. Henning ◽  
David B. Pisoni
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Language Outcomes ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Prelingually Deaf
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