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Opportunistic hearing screening in elderly inpatients [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2014 Objective: To determine the prevalence of occult hearing loss in elderly inpatients, to evaluate feasibility of opportunistic hearing screening and to determine subsequent provision of hearing aids.
Krishan Ramdoo +5 more
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Trends in Hearing, 2014 The signal processing and fitting methods used for hearing aids have mainly been designed to optimize the intelligibility of speech. Little attention has been paid to the effectiveness of hearing aids for listening to music.
Sara M. K. Madsen, Brian C. J. Moore
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Unilateral Hearing Loss: the Benefit of Auditory Localization after Adaptation of Hearing Aids Individual [PDF]
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2010 Introduction: A unilateral hearing loss is characterized by decreased hearing in one ear. Objective: To evaluate the benefit on the location after hearing the adaptation of hearing aids Individual (HA) in individuals with unilateral hearing loss. Method:
Sanches, Rita de Cássia Pires +4 more
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Acta Acustica, 2021 The phase inversion method, a technical measurement procedure, is often used to evaluate the performance of noise reduction algorithms in hearing aids. However, a detailed comparison of these technical measurements with the perceived loudness is missing.
Husstedt Hendrik +6 more
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Acta Acustica, 2023 Short, impulse-like sounds such as slamming of a door or rattle of dishes can be uncomfortable for hearing aid users. Therefore, many hearing aids provide impulse (or transient) noise reduction (INR) that should reduce loud and short sounds without ...
Husstedt Hendrik +4 more
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Prioritizing research on over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids for age-related hearing loss
Frontiers in Aging, 2023 Hearing aids are the most commonly used treatment for people with age-related hearing loss, however, hearing aid uptake is low, primarily due to high cost of the device, stigma, and a lack of perceived need.
Vinaya Manchaiah +9 more
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Experimental Gerontology, 2023 Objective: To explore the rate and effect factors of hearing aids utilization in Chinese community elderly people, as well as the benefit role of hearing aids in the association of hearing loss and cognition decline.
Yunwei Zhang +8 more
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National Survey of Pharmacist Awareness, Interest, and Readiness for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Pharmacy, 2022 Hearing loss is a major public health concern, affecting over 30 million Americans. Few adults who could benefit from hearing aids use them. Hearing aids are now available over-the-counter (OTC) for persons with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing loss ...
Elizabeth S. Midey +3 more
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