The psychophysics of absolute threshold and signal duration: A probabilistic approach [PDF]
The absolute threshold for a tone depends on its duration; longer tones have lower thresholds. This effect has traditionally been explained in terms of ?temporal integration? involving the summation of energy or perceptual information over time.
Heil P. +5 more
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Audiological findings in aphasic patients after stroke
Objective To outline the audiological findings of aphasic patients after cerebrovascular accidents.Methods This is a cross-sectional study performed between March 2011 and August 2012 in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Pathology Department of ...
Solange Satie Onoue +3 more
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Vocal Audiometry in Hearing Aid Outcome Measurements [PDF]
Single word repetition in quiet differs drastically from everyday conversation, raising validity issues when quality-of-life-type predictions are made starting from classic vocal audiometry.
Corthals, Paul +2 more
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Changes in the audiometric patterns in presbycusis with ongoing medical upgradation
Background: Presbycusis or age-related hearing loss. Nowadays, age-related hearing impairment is recognized as a disorder with environmental and genetic factors, use of ototoxic medication, hypertension with increasing age, i.e., longevity of life the ...
Sugandha Sharma +3 more
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The effects of certain verbal stimuli upon the autonomic equilibrium of hearing handicapped, emotionally handicapped, and non-handicapped adolescents [PDF]
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston ...
Sortini, Adam John
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Can older people remember medication reminders presented using synthetic speech? [PDF]
Reminders are often part of interventions to help older people adhere to complicated medication regimes. Computer-generated (synthetic) speech is ideal for tailoring reminders to different medication regimes.
Al-Awar Smither +49 more
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Speech recognition in noise with active and passive hearing protectors: a comparative study [PDF]
The perceived negative influence of standard hearing protectors on communication is a common argument for not wearing them. Thus, augmented protectors have been developed to improve speech intelligibility.
Annelies Bockstael +19 more
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This research aims to determine whether a neural response telemetry (NRT) threshold determines the success of surgery. Furthermore, we examined whether the patient’s age, the etiology of their hearing loss, the depth of the electrode insertion, and a ...
Tina Gabrovec +4 more
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Hearing with a cochlear implant: from bionic to bimodal listening [PDF]
Introduction: Currently, cochlear implantation (CI) is the standard procedure for bilateral severe hearing loss in both children and adults. However, a considerable number of hearing-impaired patients, who are candidates for CI, have residual hearing in ...
Dhooge, Ingeborg +2 more
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Auditory and cognitive performance in elderly musicians and nonmusicians [PDF]
Musicians represent a model for examining brain and behavioral plasticity in terms of cognitive and auditory profile, but few studies have investigated whether elderly musicians have better auditory and cognitive abilities than nonmusicians.
Borella, Erika +3 more
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