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Comparison of Baha and CROS Hearing Aid in Single-Sided Deafness
No full textNine adults with single-sided deafness previously implanted with a Baha were given a two-week trial with a CROS hearing aid and tested in unaided and aided conditions. Both devices were compared on head shadow effect reduction, speech perception measures, self-assessment questionnaires, and daily diaries. The CROS reduced the head shadow effect for more frequencies than the Baha. Participants performed well across all conditions with speech to the poor ear in quiet. The QuickSIN showed both devices adversely affected speech perception with noise to the poor ear; the CROS was more disadvantageous. Neither device improved speech perception with noise to the better ear. The BBSS and SSQ demonstrated subjective benefit and the diaries indicated frequent use of both devices. Five participants preferred the CROS for sound quality; three preferred the Baha for comfort. As both devices seem comparable, a CROS should be the first intervention option recommended before considering Baha surgery
Le Kitab-i akdas, traité de Bahaïsme, par Baha Allah.
No full textKitab-i akdas li Baha AllahKitab-i akdas li Baha AllahNumérisation effectuée à partir d'un document de substitution
Speech understanding in quiet and in noise with the bone-anchored hearing aids Baha Compact and Baha Divino
No full textCONCLUSIONS: Speech understanding is better with the Baha Divino than with the Baha Compact in competing noise from the rear. No difference was found for speech understanding in quiet. Subjectively, overall sound quality and speech understanding were rated better for the Baha Divino. OBJECTIVES: To compare speech understanding in quiet and in noise and subjective ratings for two different bone-anchored hearing aids: the recently developed Baha Divino and the Baha Compact. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seven adults with bilateral conductive or mixed hearing losses who were users of a bone-anchored hearing aid were tested with the Baha Compact in quiet and in noise. Tests were repeated after 3 months of use with the Baha Divino. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the two types of Baha for speech understanding in quiet when tested with German numbers and monosyllabic words at presentation levels between 50 and 80 dB. For speech understanding in noise, an advantage of 2.3 dB for the Baha Divino vs the Baha Compact was found, if noise was emitted from a loudspeaker to the rear of the listener and the directional microphone noise reduction system was activated. Subjectively, the Baha Divino was rated statistically significantly better in terms of overall sound quality
Anadolu folklorunun izinde: Türk folklor araştırmaları tarihinde Ahmet Baha Gökoğlu
No full textTürk folklor araştırmalarının başlangıç döneminde önemli
çalışmalara imza atan, ancak müstakil olarak bilimsel
incelemelere konu edilmeyen Ahmet Baha Gökoğlu, Fuat Köprülü,
Ignacz Kunoş, Fransız müzikolog Eugéne Borrel gibi folklor
araştırmacılarıyla tanışmış; Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Ali Rıza Seyfi, Yusuf
Kemal Tengirşenk, Ziya Gökalp ve Yusuf Akçura gibi
dönemin önde gelen bilginleriyle fikir alışverişinde bulunmuştur.
Türk Halk Bilgisi Derneğinin yanı sıra Ankara, Şehremini,
Eminönü ve Fatih Halkevinin kuruluşunda azalığı bulunan
Gökoğlu, bir dönem Şehremini Halkevinin Dil, Tarih ve Edebiyat
Şubesi başkanlığını yürütmüştür. Araştırmacının 1928 yılından
itibaren Kastamonu, Safranbolu ve Bartın çevrelerinde yaptığı
saha araştırmalarında elde ettiği bilgiler dikkate değerdir.
Gökoğlu’nun özellikle Bey Böyrek üzerine incelemeleri
İstanbul’daki araştırmacıları harekete geçirmiş ve bu
incelemeler, Anadolu’ya araştırma seyahatlerinin düzenlenmesini
beraberinde getirmiştir.
Dönemi bağlamında önemli araştırmalar yapmış olan Ahmet Baha
Gökoğlu’nun çalışmalarının detaylı bir şekilde ele alındığı bu
kitapla Türk folklor araştırmaları tarihine bir katkıda bulunulmuştur
The potential of wiki technology as an e-learning tool in science and education; perspectives of undergraduate students in Al-Baha university, Saudi Arabia
No full textThis paper examines the potential of wiki technology as an e-learning tool in Al-Baha University, Saudi Arabia with a random sample in two colleges: science and education. 24 male students participated in this survey. The data is collected through interviewer-administered questionnaires with 16 questions divided into four axes. The data is analysed to reveal the students’ perceptions of using wiki technology in learning. The results indicate that, students prefer to learn collaboratively with positive perceptions of wiki. These results lead us to determine the possible potential of wiki technology as an e-learning tool for undergraduate students in similar context
Bone-anchored hearing aids for people with bilateral hearing impairment: a systematic review
No full textBACKGROUND: Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) are indicated for people with conductive or mixed hearing loss who can benefit from amplification of sound. In resource limited health care systems, it is important that evidence regarding the benefit of BAHAs is critically appraised to aid decision-making.OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW: To assess the clinical effectiveness of BAHAs for people with bilateral hearing impairment.TYPE OF REVIEW: Systematic review.SEARCH STRATEGY: Nineteen electronic resources were searched from inception to November 2009. Additional studies were sought from reference lists, clinical experts and BAHA manufacturers.EVALUATION METHOD: Inclusion criteria were applied by two reviewers independently. Data extraction and quality assessment of full papers were undertaken by one reviewer and checked by a second. Studies were synthesised through narrative review with tabulation of results.RESULTS: Twelve studies were included. Studies suggested audiological benefits of BAHAs when compared with bone-conduction hearing aids or no aiding. A mixed pattern of results was seen when BAHAs were compared to air-conduction hearing aids. Improvements in quality of life with BAHAs were found by a hearing-specific instrument but not generic quality of life measures. Issues such as improvement of discharging ears and length of time the aid can be worn were not adequately addressed by the studies. Studies demonstrated some benefits of bilateral BAHAs. Adverse events data were limited. The quality of the studies was low.CONCLUSIONS: The available evidence is weak. As such, caution is indicated in the interpretation of presently available data. However, based on the available evidence, BAHAs appear to be a reasonable treatment option for people with bilateral conductive or mixed hearing loss. Further research into the benefits of BAHAs, including quality of life, is required to reduce the uncertainty.<br/
Audiological results with Baha in conductive and mixed hearing loss
No full textThe level of improvement in the audiological results of Baha(®) users mainly depends on the patient's preoperative hearing thresholds and the type of Baha sound processor used. This investigation shows correlations between the preoperative hearing threshold and postoperative aided thresholds and audiological results in speech understanding in quiet of 84 Baha users with unilateral conductive hearing loss, bilateral conductive hearing loss and bilateral mixed hearing loss. Secondly, speech understanding in noise of 26 Baha users with different Baha sound processors (Compact, Divino, and BP100) is investigated. Linear regression between aided sound field thresholds and bone conduction (BC) thresholds of the better ear shows highest correlation coefficients and the steepest slope. Differences between better BC thresholds and aided sound field thresholds are smallest for mid-frequencies (1 and 2 kHz) and become larger at 0.5 and 4 kHz. For Baha users, the gain in speech recognition in quiet can be expected to lie in the order of magnitude of the gain in their hearing threshold. Compared to its predecessor sound processors Baha(®) Compact and Baha(®) Divino, Baha(®) BP100 improves speech understanding in noise significantly by +0.9 to +4.6 dB signal-to-noise ratio, depending on the setting and the use of directional microphone. For Baha users with unilateral and bilateral conductive hearing loss and bilateral mixed hearing loss, audiological results in aided sound field thresholds can be estimated with the better BC hearing threshold. The benefit in speech understanding in quiet can be expected to be similar to the gain in their sound field hearing threshold. The most recent technology of Baha sound processor improves speech understanding in noise by an order of magnitude that is well perceived by users and which can be very useful in everyday life
Oral history interview with Zarjon Baha, 2009 May 8
No full textZarjon Baha is a Professor of Building Construction Management in the College of Technology. He grew up in a village southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. He met eligibility requirements to attend a private high school in the capital, Kabul. He received his Bachelors degree in 1962 from Kabul University, his M.S. in Civil Engineering from Purdue in 1966 and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1973. During his years in Afghanistan, he was a professor and Dean of the School of Engineering at Kabul University from 1975 to 1978. He talks about being in Malaysia in 1994 and several years after with the Malaysia project, Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities. He has visited Afghanistan as part of Purdues involvement in reinstituting higher education and structure in Afghanistan
Perkawinan Baha�i di Indonesia
No full textAjaran Baha�i menyebutkan bahwa perkawinan adalah sebagai benteng kesejahteraan dan keselamatan dalam kehidupan dan menempatkan lembaga keluarga sebagai pondasi awal struktur masyarakat manusia. Baha�uhllah sangat memuji lembaga perkawinan dan menyatakannya sebagai perintah abadi Tuhan. Perkawinan Baha�i merupakan persatuan dua roh manusia yang dilakukan dalam kehidupan rumah tangga dan akan dipertanggung jawabkan kepada Tuhan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan cara studi kepustakaan dan wawancara kepada beberapa narasumber yang berkopetensi mengenai perkawinan Baha�i. Asas dari perkawinan Baha�i adalah cinta manusia terhadap Tuhan, karena perkawinan merupakan penyatuan dua roh agar mereka meningkatkan kehidupan rohani satu sama lain dan dapat menikmati persatuan abadi di seluruh alam-alam Tuhan. Terbukti pula dalam prosesi pelaksanaan upacara perkawinan Baha�i kedua mempelai mengucapkan ayat suci seperti berikut ini: �Kita Semua Sesungguhnya Tunduk Akan kehendak Tuhan�. Ayat ini diucapkan secara berulang kali di depan para saksi. Ini pula yang menandakan bahwa dalam perkawinan umat Baha�i ketika berjanji tidak diucapkan kepada sesama manusia tetapi berjanji kepada Tuhan dan sebagai bukti rasa cinta umat Baha�i kepada Tuhan. Tujuan perkawinan Baha�i terutamanya bersifat spiritual dan untuk menciptakan harmoni serta kesatuan antara dua manusia. Perkawinan dan keluarga adalah sebagai dasar struktur masyarakat manusia. Legalitas hukum perundang-undangan di Indonesia, khususnya mengenai pelaksanaan perkawinan dalam perundang-undangan di Indonesia untuk para minoritas di Indonesia termasuk tentang perkawinan Baha�i sebagai agama yang belum disahkan menjadi agama di Indonesia serta belum terdaftar di catatan sipil sebagai aliran kepercayaan ataupun organisasi penghayat kepercayaan, apakah masih tetap bisa dilaksanakan ataupun sebalikny
Memoir: A Saga of Love under the Hail of Fire
No full textThis short story is excerpted from a memoir entitled Raha Dar Bad (Los Angeles: Ketab Corp., 2012), written by Soraya Baha. Ms. Baha was the sister-in-law of Mohammad Najibullah (1947–1996) who served as president of Afghanistan from 1986–1992. Najibullah became head of the secret police when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in the December 1979. He was infamous for his brutality and ruthlessness. He became president of the country when the Soviet forces withdrew in 1989, and his widely despised government was considered a puppet regime of the Soviets. Ms. Baha was against the Soviet occupation, as well as the dictatorship of Najibullah. She ran away with her husband and their two children, Khaled, and Roya, and joined the war front in northern Afghanistan (Panjshir), where the famous partisan commander Ahmad-Shah Masoud had stationed his mujahedin forces. Masoud was fighting the Russians and led the largest war front in the mountains and valleys of Panjshir. Soraya Baha stayed there for some time in a small cabin with her two children. She later wrote her memoir and included this experience. The excerpted story below is based on true events that the author personally witnessed while in Panjshir
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