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Moderate Reverberation Does Not Increase Subjective Fatigue, Subjective Listening Effort, or Behavioral Listening Effort in School-Aged Children

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, Erin M. Picou, Brianna Bean, Brianna Bean, Steven C. Marcrum, Todd A. Ricketts, Benjamin W. Y. Hornsby   +6 more
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Hearing aid Experiences of Adult Hearing aid Owners During and After Fitting: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

Trends in Hearing, 2022
There has been an increasing number of qualitative studies exploring the experiences and perceptions of adult hearing aid owners throughout their hearing aid journey.
Ilze Oosthuizen, Vinaya Manchaiah, Stefan Launer, De Wet Swanepoel   +3 more
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Level discrimination of speech sounds by hearing-impaired individuals with and without hearing amplification [PDF]

, 2011
Objectives: The current study was designed to see how hearing-impaired individuals judge level differences between speech sounds with and without hearing amplification.
Akeroyd, Michael A., Whitmer, William M.
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Decision support system for the selection of an ITE or a BTE hearing aid [PDF]

, 2013
The purpose of this research is to mine a large set of heterogeneous audiology data to create a decision support system (DSS) to choose between two hearing aid types (ITE and BTE aid).
Anwar, Muhammad Naveed, Oakes, Michael Philip   +1 more
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Bilateral cochlear implantation or bimodal listening in the paediatric population : retrospective analysis of decisive criteria [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: In children with bilateral severe to profound hearing loss, bilateral hearing can be achieved by either bimodal stimulation (CIHA) or bilateral cochlear implantation (BICI).
Dhondt, Cleo, Dhooge, Ingeborg, Swinnen, Freya   +2 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
Michelene Chenault, Martijn Berger, Bernd Kremer, Lucien Anteunis   +3 more
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Mining and analysis of audiology data to find significant factors associated with tinnitus masker [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives: The objective of this research is to find the factors associated with tinnitus masker from the literature, and by using the large amount of audiology data available from a large NHS (National Health Services, UK) hearing aid clinic.
AC Davis, AH Lockwood, AR Moller, AS Gelfand, AT Beck, B Langguth, C Ordonez, CA Kirsch, CW Newman, D Lucy, Deafness Research UK, DG Altman, DM Baguley, E Brunnberg, G Andersson, G Andersson, J Han, J Vernon, J Vernon, JA Henry, JA Henry, JA Vernon, JB Snow, JL Stouffer, JWP Hazell, JWP Hazell, M Bramer, M Landgrebe, M Oakes, MB Meikle, MB Meikle, MF Heller, MF Porter, MM Vio, MN Anwar, PE Gander, PJ Jastreboff, PJ Jastreboff, PJ Jastreboff, PJ Jastreboff, R Dineen, RL Folmer, RL Folmer, RRA Coles, RS Tyler, RS Tyler, RW Crummer, S Jakes, SDG Stephens, X Zhang   +49 more
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The Study of Affecting Factors on Attitude Toward Hearing Loss in Hearing Aid Users and Hearing Aid Non-users

Journal of Modern Rehabilitation, 2019
Introduction: Attitudes and aptitudes play an important role in the acceptance of hearing aids. We can objectively and subjectively examine the attitude of individuals toward hearing loss and hearing aids, using Attitudes towards Loss of Hearing ...
Parisa Heidari, Farzaneh Fatahi, Reza Hoseinabadi, Nematollah Rouhbakhsh   +3 more
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In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification

Scientific Reports, 2023
One in six Americans suffers from hearing loss. While treatment with amplification is possible for many, the acceptance rate of hearing aids is low. Poor device fitting is one of the reasons.
Christopher Boven, Reagan Roberts, Jeff Biggus, Malini Patel, Akihiro J. Matsuoka, Claus-Peter Richter   +5 more
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The impact of self-efficacy, expectations, and readiness on hearing aid outcomes [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: To examine the impact of self-efficacy and expectations for hearing aids, and readiness to improve hearing, on hearing aid outcome measures in first-time adult hearing aid users Design: A prospective, single centre design.
Annie Woolley, Bandura A., Barker F., Carson A.J., Clark J., Cox R.M., Gatehouse S., Glasgow R.E., Kevin J. Munro, Melanie A. Ferguson   +9 more
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