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Aboriginal Hearing Loss and the Criminal Justice System

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Damien Howard
Sue Quinn
Jenny Blokland
Martin Flynn
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, January/February 1994, pp. 9-11
Links hearing loss to present social and psychological problems and how hearing loss is treated in respect to the criminal justice process.
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Aboriginal Otitis Media Program: A Partnership In Action

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, July/August 2003, pp. 10-11
Describes partnership between Aboriginal Medical Services (Australia) and a local hospital to create an ear, nose and throat outreach clinic in New South Wales.
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Australian Indigenous EarInfoNet and InfoNetwork

Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 20-21
Provides a brief description of some of the services provided by an online ear health and hearing web resource.
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Being Outside of the Box: Audiology in Northern Québec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Ayukawa
Andrea Makiuk Roy
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 218-223
Comments on the high prevalence of hearing loss due to otitis media and noise exposure.
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Children's Health Update

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ian Jacobson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, p. 23
Briefly provides diagnostic and treatment information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Glue Ear (Otitis Media)..
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Clues to the Causes of Glue Ear

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharron Hall
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 5, September/October 2007, pp. 4-5
Investigates the causes, treatments and possible preventions of otitis media with effusion (glue ear) which affects hearing and language development.
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Comparison of Risk of Conductive Hearing Loss Among Three Ethnic Groups of Arctic Audiology Patients

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jan Allison Moore
Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, vol. 42, no. 6, December 1999, pp. 1311-1322
Investigated age, gender, ethnic background and history of middle ear disease as factors affecting the degree of hearing impairment. The article also discusses how language acquisition can be affected due to hearing loss.
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Concealed Illnesses: [I.] Discharging Ears

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Max Kamien
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 36-38
Investigates why ear disease can produce some degree of deafness in children living in remote Aboriginal communities.
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Course Development at the University of British Columbia Concerning Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology for People of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Heritage

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. May Bernhardt
Erynne Green
Amita Khurana
Tiare Laporte
Shannon Osmond ... [ et al.]
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 178-189
Comments and outlines a course for final year students in audiology and speech-language pathology that was developed in response to student and community evaluations.
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Ear Disease and Aboriginal Families

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Damien Howard
Dianne Hampton
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 9-11
Reports on the impacts of hearing loss including children being physically punished by parents because they assume they're not listening, as opposed to not hearing.
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Early Otitis Media among Minnesota American Indians: The Little Ears Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. Daly
Phyllis L. Pirie
Kristine L. Rhodes
Lisa L. Hunter
Cynthia S. Davey
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 2, February 2007, pp. 317-322
Study found that risk factors for early otitis media in Native American infants included history of upper respiratory infection and maternal otitis media history.
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Early Ottis Media among Minnesota American Indians: The Little Ear Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. Daly
Phyllis L. Pirie
Kristine L. Rhodes
Lisa L. Hunter
Cynthia S. Davey
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 2, February 2007, pp. 317-322
Examines ottitis media risk factors and parents' knowledge and attitudes about this disease.
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Evaluation Research on the Hearing Health Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vanessa Clements
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. 21-22
Program aims to improve both the service delivery to clients and hearing outcomes for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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Experience with Cochlear Implants in Greenlanders with Profound Hearing Loss Living in Greenland

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Preben Homøe
Ture Andersen
Aksel Groøntved
Lone Percy-Smith
Michael Bille
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, no. 1, 2013, p. article no. 20974
Retrospective study results of 11 Greenlanders (7 children, 4 adults) found that children tended to adapt easier to cochlear implant technology.
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A Genome-Wide Association Study For Age-Related Hearing Impairment In the Saami

Alternate Title
A Genome-Wide Association Study For Age-Related Hearing Impairment In the Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lut Van Laer
Jeroen R. Huyghe
Sauli Hannula
Els Van Eyken
Dietrich A. Stephan ... [et al.]
Dietrick A. Stephan et al
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 18, no. 6, June 2010, pp. 685-693
Article investigation provides evidence of role of GRM7 in age-related hearing loss.
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Health of Alwyn Peter

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Des Sturgess
Frank Brennan
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, March 1982, pp. 42-47
Describes the impact of hearing loss on one young man which contributed to a tragic loss of life.
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The Health of Cree, Inuit and Southern Quebec Women: Similarities and Differences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudette Lavallée
Chantal Bourgault
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 91, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 212-217
Research review findings include, higher proportion of young women in north; Aboriginal women had more responsibilities than other women; higher smoking rates among Inuit women; lower cholesterol, higher blood glucose among Cree women.
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The Hearing and Otitis Program: A Model of Community Based Ear and Hearing Care Services for Inuit of Nunavik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabelle Billard
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 206-217
Describes the Hearing and Otitis Program (HOP) and model of service delivery, the role of the different contributors to the program, and proposed avenues to explore in order to maintain and enhance the community based aspects of the program.
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Hearing Outcomes after Mobile Ear Surgery for Chronic Otitis Media in Greenland

Alternate Title
Audiological Results of Fly-in / Fly-Out Ear Surgery
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Preben Homøe
Gohar Nikoghosyan
Christian Siim
Poul Bretlau
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 5, 2008, pp. 452-460
Found that long term hearing gain can be achieved with mobile ear surgery.
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Hearing Screening Outcomes in Inuit Children in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Ayukawa
Pierre Lejeune
Jean François Proulx
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 309-311
Study examines initial failed hearing tests with results of current tests and the type of hearing loss involved.
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