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Changes in attitudes toward hearing loss and hearing aids and their association with hearing‑aid abandonment among experienced older adults hearing‑aid users [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Hearing aids are the standard intervention for age‑related hearing loss; however, abandonment rates remain high, exposing individuals to the adverse consequences of untreated hearing loss.
Daniel Tapia-Mora +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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Attitudes and Practices of Parents toward their Children Suffering from Hearing Impairment, using Hearing Aids and Challenges Facing them [PDF]
Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 2023 Background: Hearing impairment (HI) is the commonest birth defect and it is usually difficult to be detected due to its invisible nature. It causes significant adverse effects on acquisition of speech and language, academic achievement as well as social ...
Samira El Mezayen +2 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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Online distributed waveform-synchronization for acoustic sensor networks with dynamic topology
EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing, 2023 Acoustic sensing by multiple devices connected in a wireless acoustic sensor network (WASN) creates new opportunities for multichannel signal processing. However, the autonomy of agents in such a network still necessitates the alignment of sensor signals
Aleksej Chinaev +2 more
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Assessing the Quality of Hearing Aids-Related Videos on TikTok
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Hearing aids are effective at improving listening ability and health-related quality of life. Recently, we observed that there are many hearing aids-related videos published on TikTok. However, the quality of the information they offer remains unstudied.
Kai Chen +4 more
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Hearing Aid in Vestibular-Schwannoma-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
Audiology Research, 2023 (1) Background: Several types of hearing aids are available for the rehabilitation of vestibular-schwannoma (VS)-related hearing loss. There is a lack of recently published papers regarding this theme.
Valerio Maria Di Pasquale Fiasca +7 more
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