FACULTY RESEARCH PRODUCTS

Selected Publications/Works in Progress -- 2002-Present

1. Pugh, K.C. (2007). Strategies to promote compliance in adult audiologic rehabilitation, Audiology Today, 19(4), 36-38.
2. Weirather, R. (2006). Medical School Hotline: The training in Speech-Language Pathology at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Hawaii Medical Journal, 65(11), 322-323.
3. Isaki, E. [book chapter] (2005). Older adults with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. In J. Oyibohoro (Ed.), Aural Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities. Elsevier Academic Press, 118-132..
4. Yates, J., Campbell, K.H. (2005) Audiovestibular education and services via telemedicine techologies, Seminars in Hearing, 26(1), 35-42.
5. Pugh, K.C., Burke, H.W., and Brown, H.M. (2004). Tympanometry measures in native and non-native Hawaiian children. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 68(6), 753-758.
6. Isaki, E., Lui, J., Seymour, P.J., and Oshiro, J. (2003). Perceptions of pragmatic differences in a Hawaii Creole English Speaker. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing, 9(3), 169-172.
7. Pugh, K.C., and Crandell, C.C. (2002). Hearing loss, hearing handicap, and functional health status between African-American and Caucasian-American seniors. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 13(9), 493-502. Article selected for 2002 JAAA Self-Study Continuing Education Program.
8. McArdle, R., Pugh, K., Abrams, H., and Hnath-Chisolm, T. (2002) Audiologicoeconomics: Application of health economic principles to the practice of audiology, Audiology Today, 14(6), 13-15.
9. Weiss, L., (2002). Speech intelligibility in quiet and noise environments with the Speech Enhancer™ and amplification: A preliminary assessment of the evaluation protocol. Accepted for December special issue of Journal of Medical Speech Pathology (Research supported in part by a Hawaii, DOH grant RFP- HTH 420-4-YO).
10. Weiss, L. (in preparation). Parkinson's disease in Hawaii: A study of prevalence and ethnicity.
11. Weiss, L. (in preparation). Emotional-based knowledge and decision-making in Parkinson's disease and right brain injury.
12. Weiss, L. (in preparation). Self- perception of vocal loudness in patients having Parkinson's disease.
13. Weiss, L. (in preparation). Speech rate and speech perception in Parkinson's Disease.
    

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Selected Presentations -- 2003-Present

1. Pugh, K.C. and Isaki, E. (September, 2007). Screening auditory skills for work re-entry with Traumatic Brain Injury patients. Presented at the VA National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) Conference, Portland, OR.
2. Weiss, L. (March, 2007). Parkinson's disease in Hawaii. Presented at the University of Hawaii 2007 Biomedical Sciences Symposium, Honolulu, HI.
3. Isaki, E. and Weirather, R. (December, 2006). Determining speech-language communication needs of a student returning to school after rehabilitation. Presented at the Hawaii Department of Education-TBI Consulting Team, Honolulu, HI.
4. Yates, J.T. (November, 2004). Telemedicine in Schools: A New Resource. Presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
5. Wallace, G.L., Creaghead, N.A., Yates, J.T., Masterson, J. and Melcher, J.A. (November, 2004). University of Cincinnati's IP-DLE-3 Innovative Doctoral Training Program. Presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
6. Harned, S.K., and Pugh, K.C. (June, 2003). Contending with hearing impairment in later life: Current Research and Adaptive Strategies. Presented at the University of Hawaii School of Social Work Summer Conference on Aging and Diversity: Linking Research and Practice, Honolulu, HI.
7. Miura, C., Pugh, K.C., and Asahara, L. (April, 2003). Ambient noise levels in elementary schools in Hawaii. Presented the 15th Annual convention of the American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX.
8. Seymour, P.J., Iwashita, J., Song, R, Isaki, E., Weirather, R., and Pugh, K.C. (November, 2003). Influence of Two Different Information Delivery Mediums on Learner Outcomes. Presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
9. Tamashiro, K. and Pugh, K.C. (April, 2003). Functional listening matrices following cochlear implant surgery. Presented the 15th Annual convention of the American Academy of Audiology, San Antonio, TX.
10. Weiss, L. (November, 2003). Attention and P300 in severe closed head injury after selective-attention training. Presented the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

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STUDENT RESEARCH

Selected Projects -- 2007-Present (Committee in parentheses with Chair listed first)

1. Smiley-Bosque, D. (June 2008). A survey of speech-language pathologists regarding the use of AAC systems by students with autism. (Coleman, Ing)
2. Umeno, J. (May, 2008). Effects of grammatical environment on errors of inflection in children with specific language impairment. (Weirather, Kikuta, Isaki)
3. Boeder, B. (May, 2008). Nasalence in females speaking Hawaiian Creole English-West Kauai dialect. (Weiss, Isaki, Pugh)
4. Kaneshiro, K. (May, 2008). Baby Einstein and visual sustained attention in toddlers. (Weirather, Isaki, Kikuta)
5. Norris, M. (May, 2008). Eustachian tube function in individuals with Parkinson's disease. (Weiss, Pugh)
6. Nichols, S. (December, 2007). Predicting morpheme errors in young children: Factors related to the grammatical environment. (Weirather, Isaki, Kikuta)
7. Christenson, V. (December, 2007). Social group therapy an its effects on long-term recovery from Broca's aphasia. (Isaki, Oshiro, Weirather)
8. Yamasato, I. (December, 2007). Learning strategies among graduate students in the speech pathology and adiology program at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. (Isaki, Weirather, Kikuta, Kaulukukui)
9. Matsui, K. (November, 2007). Quality of life of caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. (Isaki, Kawahigashi-Oshiro, Kikuta)
10. Swanson, K. (June, 2007). Accent perception and accent employment in Hawai`i: Immigrant Filipino self-perceptions and potential employer perceptions. (Weirather, Kikuta, Barber)
11. Hiranaga, E. (June, 2007). The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale, the Stroke-Adapted 30-Item Version of the Sickness Impact Profile, and the Communicative Effectiveness Index: Which is preferred by individuals with stroke? (Isaki, Barber, Mizuta-Yamamoto)
    

Selected Projects -- 2005-2007 (Committee in parentheses with Chair listed first)

1. Fares, A. (January, 2007). Intonation in Cairene-Arabic. (Anderson, Weirather, Isaki). Project selected for the Undergraduate Honors Research Forum.
2. Wee, D. (December 2006). Performance of healthy speaking and hearing adults on sensory motor tasks of loudness matching and perception of loudness matching. (Coleman, Weiss, Barber)
3. Miyamura, M. (August, 2006). Role of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in the hearing screening of young Samoan children. (Yates, Pugh)
4. Arizo, A. (May, 2006) Actual and perceived confidence in knowledge and skills of graduate speech-language pathology and special education students. (Weirather, Kikuta Seymour)
5. Ebisu, J. (May, 2006). Parent involvement in therapy for the school-aged child. (Weirather, Chinen, Kikuta, Seymour)
6. Fujioka, L. (May, 2006). Dialogue differences between Sesame Street and Spongebob Squarepants. (Weirather, Isaki, Kaneshiro)
7. Graham, A. (December, 2005). The effects of durational changes of the silent interval between tones in a three-tone duration pattern test in adult listeners. (Pugh, Isaki, Weiss)
8. Morin, L.A. (December, 2005). Use of global positioning systems technology to track time and location during sound pressure level sampling of environmental noise: A pilot study. (Pugh, Weiss, Barber)
9. Smith, L.J (May, 2005). A retrospective analysis of preschool and school aged hearing screenings on Oahu, Hawaii: 2002-2003. (Pugh, Hirohata, Isaki)
   

Selected Projects -- 2002-2004 (Committee in parentheses with Chair listed first)

1. Bauman, S. (May, 2004). The relationship between speech production and speech perception in hypokinetic dysarthric speakers with Parkinson's disease: A pilot study. (Weiss, Johnson, Pugh)
2. Kanda, J. (May, 2004). Real-time language sampling: Capturing MLU and verb tense in children with specific language impairment. (Weirather, Johnson, Kikuta)
3. Patterson, D. (May, 2004). Adult learning styles: A comparison of the effectiveness of videotape only, manual only, and videotape plus manual sources in learning new information. (Seymour, Isaki, Weirather)
4. Swanson, A. (May, 2004). The effects of acoustic damper placement on electroacoustic performance of an analog and a digital behind-the-ear hearing aid. (Pugh, Hines, Peters).
5. Yashiro, D. (May, 2004). The impact of collectivism versus individualism in the Japanese culture when individuals are presented with new medical information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease. (Isaki, Kawahigashi Oshiro, Weirather)
6. Donnelly, T. (May, 2002). Effects of pressure equalization tubes in children with otitis media on speech and language improvement after treatment. (Canady, Luterman, Ward).
   
7. Estebo, S.E. (May, 2002). Perceptions of pre- and post-operative counseling benefits and the outlook previous patients with laryngectomies have towards speech-language services. (Harned, Weiss, Mashima).
8. Gerber, S. (May, 2002). The effects of a semantic cueing hierarchy treatment for confrontational naming in an adult with anomic aphasia. (Isaki, Weirather, Weiss).
9. Johnson, K. (May, 2002). The effects of Phono-Graphix™ on the expressive and receptive language skills in a child with language learning deficits. (Seymour, Canady, Ward).
10. Lau, S.A. (May, 2002). Persistent cognitive-communicative effects of multiple sports related concussions in male high school athletes. (Isaki, Weirather, Kawahigashi Oshiro).
11. Lui, J.L. (May, 2002). A between group design study to determine the presence of pragmatic deficits in a Hawaii Creole English speaker by utilizing a pragmatic behavioral rating scale. (Isaki, Kawahigashi Oshiro, Seymour).
12. Ross, M.S. (August, 2002). Speech transitions during boys' home computer play. (Canady, Kikuta, Seymour).
13. Kuntz, A. (May, 2002). The effect of attention training using card sorting therapy on an individual with severe traumatic brain injury. (Weiss, Isaki, Pugh).

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