Adult speech perception is generally enhanced when information is provided from multiple modalities. In contrast, infants do not appear to benefit from combining auditory and visual speech information early in development. This is true despite the fact that both modalities are important to speech comprehension even at early stages of language acquisition. How then do listeners learn how to proc...

PURPOSE Recruitment of tutors to work in problem-based learning (PBL) programs is challenging, especially in that most of them are graduated from discipline-based programs. Therefore, this study aims at examining whether lecturing skills of faculty could predict their PBL tutoring skills. METHODS This study included evaluation of faculty (n=69) who participated in both tutoring and lecturing ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of implementing the surgical safety checklist (SSCL) on the outcome of patient safety in otorhinolaryngology (ENT) surgical procedures in two hospitals in Saudi Arabia: Aseer Central and Abha Private Hospitals. METHODS This retrospective study conducted over seven years (1 July 2008 to 30 June 2015) followed a staff educational and training program for the impl...

Development of algorithms for digital hearing aid processing includes many steps from the first algorithmic idea and implementation up to field tests with hearing impaired patients. Each of these steps has its own requirements towards the development environment. However, a common platform throughout the whole development process is desirable. This paper gives an overview of the application of ...

Traditional lectures continue to be the predominant form of teaching in most undergraduate classrooms. Traditional lecture can be defined as an instructor/professor standing in the front of the classroom and presenting material to the class, with or without the use of audio visual aids, such as slides. A common picture that comes to mind when we hear the term “traditional lecture” is an auditor...

The nonavailability of low-cost, simple and reliable equipment which is easy to fabricate and easy to maintain is one of the major obstacles for improving science teaching in developing countries. In this context, UNESCO in association with the Committee on Teaching of Chemistry (CTC) of IUPAC and the erstwhile Committee on Teaching of Science (CTS) of ICSU initiated a Project Locally Produced ...

A new singleand multichannel audio recordings database (SMARD) is presented in this paper. The database contains recordings from a box-shaped listening room for various loudspeaker and array types. The recordings were made for 48 different configurations of three different loudspeakers and four different microphone arrays. In each configuration, 20 different audio segments were played and recor...

With the development of information society, audio steganalysis has attracted more attentions recently. Echo hiding method is one of the most challenging research fields. However, most of them can't solve the contradiction of capacity, robustness and imperceptibility, which restrict the development of the system seriously. Some of them have low capacity, and others have relatively high capacity...