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Child Abuse and Neglect and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits: Effects of Attachment, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Metacognition.

J Child Adolesc Trauma

December 2024

School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Sydney, NSW 2109 Australia.

Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) is extensively implicated as a risk factor preceding the development of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits (OCPT). Nevertheless, the majority of individuals with a history of CAN do not go on to develop OCPT. To date, little research has investigated potential model networks that may help contribute to explaining why CAN sometimes leads to OCPT and not at other times.

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The field of audiology as a collection of auditory science knowledge, research, and clinical methods, technologies, and practices has seen great changes. A deeper understanding of psychological, cognitive, and behavioural interactions has led to a growing range of variables of interest to measure and track in diagnostic and rehabilitative processes. Technology-led changes to clinical practices, including teleaudiology, have heralded a call to action in order to recognise the role and impact of autonomy and agency on clinical practice, engagement, and outcomes.

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The neural representation of an auditory spatial cue in the primate cortex.

Curr Biol

May 2024

Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia; Macquarie University Hearing and the Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia. Electronic address:

Humans make use of small differences in the timing of sounds at the two ears-interaural time differences (ITDs)-to locate their sources. Despite extensive investigation, however, the neural representation of ITDs in the human brain is contentious, particularly the range of ITDs explicitly represented by dedicated neural detectors. Here, using magneto- and electro-encephalography (MEG and EEG), we demonstrate evidence of a sparse neural representation of ITDs in the human cortex.

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Background: Research has identified that living with the chronic inflammatory disease endometriosis adversely impacts social functioning and interpersonal relationships, specifically, feelings of loneliness and a lack of perceived social support. Commonly experienced body image disturbance (BID), combined with the anticipation of endometriosis-related stigma from others, may result in further social withdrawal. This study aimed to quantitatively investigate the association between BID and social functioning (loneliness and diminished perceived social support), and the potential moderating effect of anticipated stigma on these associations.

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Cross-language morphological transfer in similar-script bilinguals.

Psychon Bull Rev

June 2024

School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.

Article Synopsis
  • - The study investigated how bilingual Turkish-English speakers transfer morphological knowledge between their two languages using a translation priming approach with noncognate words that have similar meanings.
  • - In Experiment 1, English words were successfully primed by Turkish nonwords with affixes and without affixes, showing stronger effects from affixed nonwords, particularly in bilinguals who learned English at a younger age.
  • - Experiment 2 confirmed that English word priming was most effective when using direct translations of Turkish nonwords rather than semantically related or unrelated words, highlighting the role of translation in cross-language morphological transfer.
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Food Insecurity and Hearing Loss Are Interrelated: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study.

J Nutr Health Aging

May 2023

Bamini Gopinath, Macquarie University Hearing, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, The Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia, Telephone: 61-2-98508962, Email:

Objectives: We aimed to assess whether objectively measured hearing loss and self-perceived hearing handicap in adults are independently associated with food insecurity, and vice versa.

Design: Cross-sectional population-based study.

Population: 2,500 participants aged 50+ years from the Blue Mountains Hearing Study, with both complete pure-tone audiometry data and information on food security status.

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Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60-odd.

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc

June 2023

Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK.

Article Synopsis
  • The cognitive revolution emerged mid-20th century, challenging behaviorism's view of learning purely as behavior changes from reinforcement, advocating instead for understanding mental processes behind these behaviors.
  • Current debates focus on language and learning, with the cognitive approach gaining traction in learning theory, while language studies show a tendency towards neo-behaviorism, viewing language as learned through observation and cultural transmission.
  • The authors argue that both learning and language are best understood through a cognitive lens, emphasizing the mind as a computational system and highlighting evidence that language relies on an independent cognitive system.
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Acquisition of orthographic forms via spoken complex word training.

Psychon Bull Rev

April 2023

School of Psychological Sciences, Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.

Article Synopsis
  • The study explored how primary school children learn to read new complex words by first hearing them spoken, testing their understanding of both oral and written forms.
  • After training, children read these new words in sentences while their eye movements were tracked, revealing they read words with predictable spellings faster than unpredictable ones.
  • Results indicate that children developed strong spelling expectations for these new words naturally during oral learning, showcasing their emerging reading skills.
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My Back My Plan is a feasible and acceptable individualised program for acute low back pain in primary care.

Aust J Prim Health

October 2022

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Ground Floor, 75 Talavera Road, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.

Background: Low back pain is the largest cause of years lived with a disability in Australia, and there is an urgent need for innovations to address global gaps between evidence and practice.

Methods: This study was a phase 1, single-group, pre-post pilot trial of My Back My Plan, a primary care program for acute low back pain. The trial was conducted at MQ Health Primary Care at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

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Development of an individualised primary care program for acute low back pain using a hybrid co-design framework.

Aust J Prim Health

October 2022

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Ground Floor, 75 Talavera Road, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.

Background: Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and the problem is worsening. This paper describes and demonstrates the scholarly development and contextual refinement of a primary care program for acute low back pain in Sydney, Australia.

Methods: Hybrid theoretical frameworks were applied, and co-design was used to contextualise the program to the local healthcare setting.

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The Indigenous Adolescent Oral Health Partnership Study: A Co-Design Study Protocol.

Int J Environ Res Public Health

July 2022

Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University, 3/75 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia.

Background: in this protocol we outline a method of working alongside Aboriginal communities to learn about and facilitate improvement in the oral health habits in Aboriginal adolescents. By facilitating positive oral health in Aboriginal adolescents, we hope to achieve lifelong improvement in oral health and general wellbeing.

Methods: this paper outlines a co-design methodology through which researchers and Aboriginal communities will work together to create a custom oral healthcare program aimed at Aboriginal adolescents.

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Health literacy and recovery following a non-catastrophic road traffic injury.

BMC Public Health

July 2022

John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Sydney Medical School, Kolling Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Background: Health literacy (HL) is rarely addressed in rehabilitation research and practice but can play a substantial role in the recovery process after an injury. We aimed to identify factors associated with low HL and its relationship with 6-month health outcomes in individuals recovering from a non-catastrophic road traffic injury.

Methods: Four hundred ninety-three participants aged ≥17 years who had sustained a non-catastrophic injury in a land-transport crash, underwent a telephone-administered questionnaire.

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The production of /s/-stop clusters by pre-schoolers with hearing loss.

J Child Lang

September 2023

Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, Australian Hearing Hub, North Ryde, NSW2109Australia.

Producing word-initial /s/-stop clusters can be a challenge for English-speaking pre-schoolers. For children with hearing loss (HL), fricatives can be also difficult to perceive, raising questions about their production and representation of /s/-stop clusters. The goal of this study was therefore to determine if pre-schoolers with HL can produce and represent the /s/ in word-initial /s/-stop clusters, and to compare this to their normal hearing (NH) peers.

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Association between birthweight and hearing loss in older adults.

Maturitas

March 2022

Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Objectives: We examined the association between birthweight and objectively measured hearing loss in older men and women.

Study Design: 893 community-dwelling participants aged 50+ years with pure-tone audiometry data and self-reported birthweight were included for cross-sectional analysis. Participants were asked how much they weighed at birth either in pounds and ounces or in kilograms and grams.

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Associations between intake of dietary flavonoids and the 10-year incidence of tinnitus in older adults.

Eur J Nutr

June 2022

Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University Hearing, Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, Balaclava Road, Macquarie Park, NSW, 2109, Australia.

Article Synopsis
  • - This study explored the relationship between dietary flavonoids and the development of tinnitus over a 10-year period, targeting participants aged 50 and older from the Blue Mountains Hearing Study.
  • - Out of 1,217 participants without tinnitus at the beginning of the study, 222 new cases were identified, with a potential protective effect seen in higher intake of proanthocyanidins; however, this effect became non-significant after further adjustments.
  • - Ultimately, the research concluded that dietary flavonoids do not significantly protect against the onset of tinnitus, suggesting that any observed correlation may have been coincidental.
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Electroencephography (EEG) recordings from CI listeners are contaminated by electrical artefacts that make it difficult to extract neural responses. Previously, we have removed these artefacts by means of interpolation and spatial filtering. However, the extent to which this method can effectively reduce electrical artefacts has not been fully investigated.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study investigated how the brain processes complex words using steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) while participants engaged in a delayed naming task.
  • - Researchers compared truly suffixed words (like "farmer"), pseudo-suffixed words (like "corner"), and non-suffixed words (like "cashew") to see how word structure impacts reading.
  • - Results showed that both truly and pseudo-suffixed words triggered faster brain responses for their stems compared to non-suffixed words, indicating that the brain reacts differently to various types of word structures.
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The use of broad vs restricted regions of interest in functional near-infrared spectroscopy for measuring cortical activation to auditory-only and visual-only speech.

Hear Res

July 2021

Bionics Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia; Department of Medical Bionics, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.

As an alternative to fMRI, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a relatively new tool for observing cortical activation. However, spatial resolution is reduced compared to fMRI and often the exact locations of fNIRS optodes and specific anatomical information is not known. The aim of this study was to explore the location and range of specific regions of interest that are sensitive to detecting cortical activation using fNIRS in response to auditory- and visual-only connected speech.

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Conversational distance adaptation in noise and its effect on signal-to-noise ratio in realistic listening environments.

J Acoust Soc Am

April 2021

Department of Linguistics, Australian Hearing Hub, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, New South Wales 2109, Australia.

Everyday environments impose acoustical conditions on speech communication that require interlocutors to adapt their behavior to be able to hear and to be heard. Past research has focused mainly on the adaptation of speech level, while few studies investigated how interlocutors adapt their conversational distance as a function of noise level. Similarly, no study tested the interaction between distance and speech level adaptation in noise.

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Acoustic cues to coda stop voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children.

J Child Lang

November 2021

Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Australia 16 University Avenue, Australian Hearing Hub, North Ryde, NSW2109Australia.

While voicing contrasts in word-onset position are acquired relatively early, much less is known about how and when they are acquired in word-coda position, where accurate production of these contrasts is also critical for distinguishing words (e.g., dog vs.

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Temporal cues to onset voicing contrasts in Australian English-speaking children.

J Acoust Soc Am

January 2021

Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, 16 University Avenue, New South Wales 2109, Australia.

Voicing contrasts are lexically important for differentiating words in many languages (e.g., "bear" vs "pear").

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Neural encoding of spectro-temporal cues at slow and near speech-rate in cochlear implant users.

Hear Res

April 2021

Cambridge Hearing Group, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.

The ability to process rapid modulations in the spectro-temporal structure of sounds is critical for speech comprehension. For users of cochlear implants (CIs), spectral cues in speech are conveyed by differential stimulation of electrode contacts along the cochlea, and temporal cues in terms of the amplitude of stimulating electrical pulses, which track the amplitude-modulated (AM'ed) envelope of speech sounds. Whilst survival of inner-ear neurons and spread of electrical current are known factors that limit the representation of speech information in CI listeners, limitations in the neural representation of dynamic spectro-temporal cues common to speech are also likely to play a role.

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Glottalisation, coda voicing, and phrase position in Australian English.

J Acoust Soc Am

November 2020

Centre for Language Sciences, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, 16 University Avenue, North Ryde, New South Wales, 2109, Australia.

Glottalisation is an important cue to coda stop voicelessness, particularly for younger Australian English speakers who utilise glottalisation more than older speakers, suggesting a recent sound change. However, most previous studies of glottalisation in this variety of English have focussed on single word utterances, raising questions about whether glottalisation in those studies may have been prosodically conditioned rather than specific to the coda stop: Could the observed effect have been due to phrase-final creaky voice, which is acoustically similar to coda-related glottalisation? This study therefore explored the differential effects of phrase position on the production of glottalisation. Phrase-medially (where phrase-final creaky voice is not expected to occur), results confirmed previous findings that glottalisation cues coda stop voicelessness and that it does so more frequently for younger compared to older speakers.

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