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Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills

open access: yesJournal of Otology, 2023
Purpose: Our study aims to compare speech understanding in noise and spectral- temporal resolution skills with regard to the degree of hearing loss, age, hearing aid use experience and gender of hearing aid users.
Mert Kılıç, Eyyup Kara
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Variability in Individual Response to Hearing Aid Signal Processing in Wearable Hearing Aids.

open access: yesEar and Hearing, 2019
OBJECTIVES Previous work has suggested that individual characteristics, including amount of hearing loss, age, and working memory ability, may affect response to hearing aid signal processing.
P. Souza   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Practice Recommendations for Genetic Testing of Ataxias

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Over the past decade, significant advances in genetic testing for ataxia have improved diagnostic accuracy, informed clinical trial eligibility, guided treatment decisions, and enabled cascade testing of at‐risk relatives. While guidance exists for other neurogenetic conditions, there are no standardized guidelines on genetic ...
Sharan R. Srinivasan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Denoising for Hearing Aid Applications

open access: yes, 2018
Reduction of unwanted environmental noises is an important feature of today's hearing aids (HA), which is why noise reduction is nowadays included in almost every commercially available device.
Aubreville, Marc   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing a Mitochondrial Disease Treatment via a Novel Statistical Technique for Accelerometer Data

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Therapeutic development for mitochondrial diseases, rare genetic disorders with pathogenic defects of oxidative phosphorylation, is hindered by unsatisfactory outcome measures. To address this problem, we provide the first clinical application of a novel, bias‐adjusted outcome measure of acceleration across a range of subjects ...
Ian W. McKeague   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internet competency predicts practical hearing aid knowledge and skills in first-time hearing aid users [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose. The purpose of the study was to assess whether Internet competency predicted practical hearing aid knowledge and handling skills in first-time hearing aid users. Method.
Brassington, William   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

A “Goldilocks” Approach to Hearing Aid Self-Fitting: Ear-Canal Output and Speech Intelligibility Index

open access: yesEar and Hearing, 2019
Objectives: The objective was to determine self-adjusted output response and speech intelligibility index (SII) in individuals with mild to moderate hearing loss and to measure the effects of prior hearing aid experience.
C. Mackersie   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hearing aid selection, fitting, verification, and validation: audiology practice in India and Australia

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
Background Verification and validation of hearing aids are linked to several elements of the evidence-based practice (EBP) approach for selecting and fitting hearing aids.
Prajeesh Thomas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Hearing Impairment and Hearing Aid Amplification on Listening Effort: A Systematic Review

open access: yesEar and Hearing, 2017
Objectives: To undertake a systematic review of available evidence on the effect of hearing impairment and hearing aid amplification on listening effort. Two research questions were addressed: Q1) does hearing impairment affect listening effort?
B. Ohlenforst   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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