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SAGE Open Medicine, 2020 Objectives: Hearing aid usage supports communication and independence; however, many do not use their hearing aids. This study explored the experiences of hearing aid use in adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease.
Sarah Gregory +5 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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Trends in Hearing, 2018 One objective way to evaluate the effect of noise reduction algorithms in hearing aids is to measure the increase in signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR). To this end, Hagerman and Olofsson presented a method where multiple recordings take place and the phase of ...
Hendrik Husstedt +2 more
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Revista CEFAC, 2019 Purpose: to investigate speech recognition in silence and in noise in subjects with unilateral hearing loss with and without hearing aids, and to analyze the benefit, self-perception of functional performance, satisfaction and the use of hearing aids in ...
Lidiéli Dalla Costa +2 more
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Acclimatization to Hearing Aids [PDF]
Ear & Hearing, 2014 Evidence for a clinically significant effect of acclimatization to hearing aids is mixed. The aim of this study was to test for auditory acclimatization effects in new unilateral and bilateral adult hearing aid users. Hypotheses were i) there would be improvements in aided speech recognition in new hearing aid users, compared with unaided listening and
Dawes, Piers; id_orcid 0000-0003-3180-9884 +3 more
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Perceptions about hearing aids from elderly non-users: a bicultural point of view (Italy and USA)
Audiology Research, 2011 Perceptions about hearing aids can vary across people of different cultural backgrounds depending upon beliefs, healthcare policies, education, etc. This study investigated the perceptions about hearing aids of non-user elderly subjects from Italy (IT ...
B. Alvarado
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Trends in Hearing, 2020 Dissatisfaction with the sound of one’s own voice is common among hearing-aid users. Little is known regarding how hearing impairment and hearing aids separately affect own-voice perception.
Johanna Hengen +2 more
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Spatial Hearing and Hearing Aids [PDF]
, 2016 The questions of whether hearing-impaired listeners are also impaired for the localization of sounds and what benefits hearing aids can provide are important for understanding the wider effects of hearing impairment. We review here 29 studies published since 1983 that have measured acuity for changes in the horizontal-plane direction of sound sources ...
Michael A, Akeroyd, William M, Whitmer
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Effect of face masks on speech perception in noise of individuals with hearing aids
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 Although several previous studies have confirmed that listeners find it difficult to perceive the speech of face-mask-wearing speakers, there has been little research into how masks affect hearing-impaired individuals using hearing aids.
Jung Ho Choi +5 more
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South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2010 Hearing impairment has far reaching consequences for affected individuals, in terms of quality of life indicators. In a developing South African context the hearing impaired population is faced with limited aural rehabilitation services.
Elaine Pienaar +2 more
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