Perception of One’s Own Voice After Hearing-Aid Fitting for Naive Hearing-Aid Users and Hearing-Aid Refitting for Experienced Hearing-Aid Users [PDF]
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]
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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Factors associated with the efficiency of hearing aids for patients with age-related hearing loss [PDF]
Xu Wu,1–3,* Yan Ren,1–3,* Qixuan Wang,1–3 Bei Li,1–3 Hao Wu,1–3 Zhiwu Huang,1–3 Xueling Wang1–3 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong ...
Wu X +6 more
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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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Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids Fitted According to NAL and DSL Procedures in Adults with Mixed Hearing Loss [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Bone-anchored hearing aids represent a valid alternative for patients with conductive/mixed hearing loss who cannot use hearing aids. To date, these devices have given good audiological results, thanks to various fitting prescription programs
Giacomo Fiacchini +17 more
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Pediatric Hearing Aid Management: Experiences and Perspectives of Spanish-Speaking Parents [PDF]
Purpose: The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to explore hearing aid management experiences of Spanish-speaking parents who have young children using hearing aids and (b) to explore parents\u27 access to the Internet and perceptions about remote ...
Muñoz, Karen +7 more
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Bone-anchored hearing aids for people with bilateral hearing impairment: a systematic review [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) are indicated for people with conductive or mixed hearing loss who can benefit from amplification of sound.
Sheehan, P.Z. +19 more
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Separation of multiple signals in hearing aids by output decorrelation and time-delay estimation [PDF]
Sensori-neural hearing impaired listeners have difficulty in separating multiple signals or perceiving speech in background noise and hearing aids are widely used to enhance the desired signal.
Bamford, P, Canagarajah, CN
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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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Effect of Hearing Aids on Phonation and Perceived Voice Qualities. [PDF]
Problems with own-voice sounds are common in hearing aid users. As auditory feedback is used to regulate the voice, it is possible that hearing aid use affects phonation.
Hengen J, Hammarström IL, Stenfelt S.
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