Working memory capacity moderates the effect of hearing aid experience on phonological processing performance [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurosciencePurposeIndividuals with acquired hearing impairment often experience declines in phonological processing abilities, a phenomenon thought to be mediated by working memory capacity (WMC).
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Auditory Profile-Based Hearing Aid Fitting: Self-Reported Benefit for First-Time Hearing Aid Users [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground: Although hearing aids (HAs) can compensate for reduced audibility, functional outcomes and benefits vary widely across individuals. As part of the Danish ‘Better hEAring Rehabilitation’ (BEAR) project, four distinct auditory profiles ...
Oscar M. Cañete +8 more
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SATISFACTION WITH THE USE OF HEARING AIDS IN EVERYDAY LIFE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [PDF]
Human Research in Rehabilitation, 2023 The aim of this work was to investigate the qualitative characteristics of hearing aid users (satisfaction with the use of hearing aids in everyday life) and to determine if there are any differences compared to published research in the literature ...
Esad H. Mahmutovic +2 more
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Effect of changes in the hearing aid subsidy on the prevalence of hearing loss in South Korea
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 ObjectivesSouth Korea's National Health Insurance has provided hearing aids to registered individuals with hearing disabilities since 1989. In 2015, hearing aid subsidies increased to approximately US$1,000.
Chul Young Yoon +7 more
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Real-World Hearing Aid Usage Patterns and Smartphone Connectivity
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 Data for monitoring individual hearing aid usage has historically been limited to retrospective questionnaires or data logged intrinsically in the hearing aid cumulatively over time (e. g., days or more).
Jeppe Høy Christensen +3 more
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Clustering Users Based on Hearing Aid Use: An Exploratory Analysis of Real-World Data
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 While the assessment of hearing aid use has traditionally relied on subjective self-reported measures, smartphone-connected hearing aids enable objective data logging from a large number of users.
Alessandro Pasta +9 more
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The trend in adoption of hearing aids following changes in provision policy in South Korea
Scientific Reports, 2022 The Korean government started to cover part of the price of hearing aids ($200) for individuals with hearing disabilities in 1997, and the reimbursement for a hearing aid increased in 2005 ($300) and again in 2015 ($1000).
Hayoung Byun +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Background noise and reverberation levels in typical classrooms have negative effects on speech recognition, but their effects on listening effort and fatigue are less well understood.
Erin M. Picou +6 more
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Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation
Audiology Research, 2021 Background—The clinical characterization of hearing deficits for hearing-aid fitting purposes is typically based on the pure-tone audiogram only. In a previous study, a group of hearing-impaired listeners completed a comprehensive test battery that was ...
Raul Sanchez-Lopez +4 more
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Item response theory applied to factors affecting the patient journey towards hearing rehabilitation
Audiology Research, 2016 To develop a tool for use in hearing screening and to evaluate the patient journey towards hearing rehabilitation, responses to the hearing aid rehabilitation questionnaire scales aid stigma, pressure, and aid unwanted addressing respectively hearing aid
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