Publications by authors named "T M Ching"
The intersection of queer identity and psychedelics has not been thoroughly explored by the research community, historically or in the present day. With growing access to legal psychedelic therapies, it is essential that queer psychedelic experiences are understood sufficiently by clinicians in order to provide the most safe and effective care possible. Psychedelics and queerness are intricately related, and there is strong interest in the use of psychedelics for healing and identity development among queer populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To investigate the effects of automatic scene classification (SCAN) on speech perception in noise and real-world functional performance in children using cochlear implants (CIs).
Methods: We used a within-subjects repeated measures design in two studies. The first study assessed speech perception in noise with or without SCAN enabled in 25 school-aged children.
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- Carers of children with disabilities often face worse job outcomes compared to those with typically developing children, prompting this study on the impact of interventions on carer employment.
- Using data from the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment study, the research focused on Australian DHH children and analyzed employment outcomes for their primary carers.
- Results showed that primary carers of DHH children with cochlear implants were more likely to be employed, especially among those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, suggesting that improved support for these children could alleviate stress and increase carers' work opportunities.
This paper introduces an approach to fabricating lightweight, untethered soft robots capable of diverse biomimetic locomotion. Untethering soft robotics from electrical or pneumatic power remains one of the prominent challenges within the field. The development of functional untethered soft robotic systems hinges heavily on mitigating their weight; however, the conventional weight of pneumatic network actuators (pneu-nets) in soft robots has hindered untethered operations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent developments in the field of radiofrequency (RF) coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offer flexible and patient-friendly solutions. Previously, we demonstrated a proof-of-concept single-element stretchable coil design based on liquid metal and a self-tuning smart geometry. In this work, we numerically analyze and experimentally study a multi-channel stretchable coil array and demonstrate its application in dynamic knee imaging.
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