Predicting Hearing aid Benefit Using Speech-Evoked Envelope Following Responses in Children With Hearing Loss.

Electroencephalography could serve as an objective tool to evaluate hearing aid benefit in infants who are developmentally unable to participate in hearing tests. We investigated whether speech-evoked envelope following responses (EFRs), a type of electroencephalography-based measure, could predict improved audibility with the use of a hearing aid in children with mild-to-severe permanent, mainly sensorineural, hearing loss. In 18 children, EFRs were elicited by six male-spoken band-limited phonemic stimuli--the first formants of /u/ and /i/, the second and higher formants of /u/ and /i/, and the fricatives /s/ and /∫/--presented together as /su∫i/.

Clinician-Patient Relationships in Virtual Care: A Dimensional Analysis of the Symbolic World of Cancer Care.

Rapid uptake of telehealth technologies has shifted clinician-patient relationships, a well-studied topic of sociological inquiry. The purpose of this dimensional analysis study was to understand the symbolic interaction of clinicians and patients within virtual supportive cancer care. Seventeen clinicians, eighteen patients, and three care partners receiving or providing care at a multi-site cancer center in the United States participated in interviews.

A qualitative study of unpaid caregivers of persons living with dementia and their interactions with health and community-based services and providers.

Background And Objectives: Unpaid caregivers frequently feel underprepared and without adequate training, support, or access to services and resources to care for persons living with dementia. Health and community-based services and providers are critical to support persons living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers. The objective of this research is to understand how unpaid caregivers of persons living with dementia interact with health and community-based services and providers.

Genetic Variation, Stress, and Physiological Stress Response in Adults With Food Allergy or Celiac Disease.

Background: Persistently high chronic stress can lead to maladaptive psychological, behavioral, and physiological stress responses and poor mental and physical health, highlighting the importance of identifying individuals at increased risk. Chronic health condition diagnosis and genetics are 2 characteristics that can influence stress, stress response, and health outcomes.

Purpose: Food allergy (FA) and celiac disease (CD) require constant vigilance in daily life and can lead to increased stress.

Filial Caregiving and Chinese Adults' Depressive Symptoms: Do Early-Life Parent-Child Relationships Matter?

This study investigated the association between caregiving time and depressive symptoms among Chinese adult children aged 45 and above, and whether early-life relationships with parents moderated the association. We used data from the 2011, 2013, and 2018 waves of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the 2014 CHARLS Life History Survey, which included 4781 respondents with living mothers and 2710 respondents with living fathers. Results from multilevel models showed that caregiving time for mothers or fathers was not significantly associated with adults' depressive symptoms in general.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Common Goals, Different Needs: Improving Communication and Collaboration Between Researchers and Practitioners to End Interpersonal Violence.

Rates of interpersonal violence have largely remained stagnant over the past three decades, despite the magnitude of prevention and response efforts to address this issue. Although interpersonal violence researchers have stressed the importance of partnerships between researchers and campus and community-based practitioners, there is still a disconnect between the work done by researchers and those engaged in direct practice in the field. This special issue brings together researchers and practitioners to explore a variety of challenges and successes in identifying common goals, building relationships, and improving strategies for addressing interpersonal violence using researcher-practitioner models.

Treatment Effect Heterogeneity.

This paper considers recent methodological developments in the treatment effects literature, describes their value for applied evaluation work, and suggests next steps. It pays particular attention to documenting the presence of treatment effect heterogeneity, to the quest to attach treatment effect heterogeneity to particular subgroups and other moderators, and to the recent application of machine learning methods in this domain.

On recurrent-event win ratio.

The win ratio approach proposed by Pocock et al. (2012) has become a popular tool for analyzing composite endpoints of death and non-fatal events like hospitalization. Its standard version, however, draws on the non-fatal event only through the first occurrence.

Individuals with Chronic Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Exhibit Decreased Neuromuscular Complexity During Gait.

Background: Synergy analysis provides a means of quantifying the complexity of neuromuscular control during gait. Prior studies have shown evidence of reduced neuromuscular complexity during gait in individuals with neurological disorders associated with stroke, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson's disease.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate neuromuscular complexity during gait in individuals who experienced a prior traumatic brain injury (TBI) that resulted in chronic balance deficits.

The role of adverse childhood experiences and attachment styles in social anxiety disorder in adolescents.

Background: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is one of the most common disorders of adolescence and results in marked impairments in social and academic/occupational activities that likely to persist into adulthood. Multiple etiological factors contribute to the development of social anxiety disorder. Two critical factors in presenting with a primary diagnosis of SAD might be adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and attachment styles.

: The influence of gender expectations on the psychiatric encounter in Mexico.

Theories on the cause of mental and emotional distress contribute to illness course and treatment. The theorizing of women's experience "as problem" has been widely critiqued by feminist psychologists yet continues in clinical practice. This qualitative study reports on data collected in a psychiatric outpatient clinic in south/central Mexico on the culturally embedded causal theories of mental illness among Mexican patients, a family member or caregiver, and their psychiatrists.

Responsibilities, Opportunities, and Challenges for in the Digital Age.

Today's challenges for scientific publications require operating at a time when trust in science depends upon effective vetting of data, identifying questionable practices, and scrutinizing research. The Editor-in-Chief has an invaluable opportunity to influence the direction and reputation of our field but also has the responsibility to confront contemporary trends that threaten the publication of quality research. The editor is responsible for maintaining strict scientific standards for the journal through the exercise of good judgment and steadfast commitment to upholding the highest ethical principles.

American Indian Behavioral Health Treatment Preferences as Perceived by Urban Indian Health Program Providers.

Behavioral health services specifically targeted for ethnoracial clients are typically tailored to the specific needs and preferences of these populations; however, little research has been done with American Indian clients specifically. To better understand how clinicians handle provision of treatment to this population, we interviewed 28 behavioral health staff at six Urban Indian Health Programs in the United States and conducted focus groups with 23 staff at five such programs. Thematic analysis of transcripts from these interviews and focus groups suggests that these staff attempt to blend and tailor empirically supported treatments with American Indian cultural values and practices where possible.

Standing Intraoral Extraction of the Right Mandibular Third Molar Tooth in a Cow Utilizing Tooth Sectioning.

A 2-year-old Holstein heifer presented to a university teaching hospital with an apical tooth infection of the right mandibular third molar. A standing oral extraction technique was attempted for tooth removal; however, the molar could not be delivered intact. A tooth sectioning technique was performed, and the affected molar was successfully delivered.

Analysis and Assessment of Pulp Vitality of 102 Intrinsically Stained Teeth in Dogs.

Our prospective study analyzed clinical, radiographic, and histological characteristics of 102 intrinsically stained teeth. Sixty-nine dogs ranging from one to fifteen years of age were included in this study. Little more than half of the intrinsically stained teeth had no evidence of coronal injury (53.

The Association of Psychological Well-Being With Sensory and Cognitive Function and Neuronal Health in Aging Adults.

Objectives: Psychological well-being (PWB) may be a potential modifiable risk factor of age-related diseases. We aimed to determine associations of PWB with sensorineural and cognitive function and neuronal health in middle-aged adults.

Methods: This study included 2039 Beaver Dam Offspring Study participants.

The Role of Interaural Differences, Head Shadow, and Binaural Redundancy in Binaural Intelligibility Benefits Among School-Aged Children.

In complex listening environments, children can benefit from auditory spatial cues to understand speech in noise. When a spatial separation is introduced between the target and masker and/or listening with two ears versus one ear, children can gain intelligibility benefits with access to one or more auditory cues for unmasking: monaural head shadow, binaural redundancy, and interaural differences. This study systematically quantified the contribution of individual auditory cues in providing binaural speech intelligibility benefits for children with normal hearing between 6 and 15 years old.

Contending with Carcerality: Discursive Resistance to Elite Appropriation of Antiviolence Activism in Indian Media.

Research has revealed how antiviolence activism can become entangled with the state's punitive agenda, leading to what some have called "carceral feminism." However, this scholarship focuses primarily on the U.S.

Direct oral anticoagulants decrease treatment failure for acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis.

Objective: Optimal medical therapy for acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) remains an enigma. While clinical trials demonstrate non-inferiority with an oral anti-Xa inhibitor, or direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), versus combined low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral vitamin K antagonist (VKA), the most effective regimen remains to be determined.

Methods: This study is a single-center retrospective cohort study from October 2014 to December 2015 of patients with a diagnosis of acute DVT and subsequent serial lower extremity venous duplex.

The Role of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy to Support Patients With Cancer: A Critical Scoping Review of the Research.

Treatments for addressing psychiatric mental health issues in vulnerable patients with cancer are established. Yet, many patients persist with unrelenting psychological difficulties despite intervention. There is growing interest in the role of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for managing treatment-resistant mental health challenges in patients with cancer.

Homeownership and Psychological Resources Among Older Adults: Do Gender and Mortgage Status Moderate Homeownership Effects?

This study examined whether homeownership is associated with life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among older adults aged 65 or over and whether these associations differ by gender. This study further distinguished mortgagors from owner-occupiers. Using six waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing ( = 3540), we used generalized estimating equations as well as random- and fixed-effects regression analyses.

Who Returns? Understanding Varieties of Longitudinal Participation in MIDUS.

This study describes a major effort to reinstate dropouts from the MIDUS longitudinal study and compare baseline characteristics among subgroups of participants to better understand predictors of retention, attrition, and reinstatement. All living dropouts were contacted, and 651 reinstated participants were interviewed in person (31.4% response rate).

Parent-Child Mindfulness-Based Training: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

Stress in young children can interfere with academic achievement. To help address stress and aid in developing beneficial lifelong coping skills, educational systems are more widely incorporating programs that teach social and emotional regulation, such as mindfulness-based programs. The effects of these programs may be strengthened through parental support in the home environment.

Reading outcomes of students with intellectual disability on statewide assessments.

Education laws in the U.S. hold schools accountable for including students with intellectual disability on statewide reading assessments.