Boston University Doctor of Science Degree Program: clinical doctorate in audiology.

abstract：:Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate real-life benefit from directional microphone and noise reduction ("noise management" [NM]) processing using retrospective self-reports and smartphone-based ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) combined with logging of the acoustic environments. Method A single-b...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Andersson KE,Andersen LS,Christensen JH,Neher T

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose This article combines the results of 3 studies that were presented at the HeAL 2018 Conference in Lake Como, Italy, in June 2018. Each study involved electrocochleography (ECochG), a neurodiagnostic evaluation that has been used clinically for over 80 years but whose applications continue to expand. The 1st st...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Ferraro JA,Kileny PR,Grasel SS

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This article critically reviews the influence of such factors as psychophysical testing method, stimulus type, and instructional set on most comfortable loudness (MCL) and uncomfortable loudness (UCL) levels. Generally, research indicates that test methods and instructions strongly affect both MCL and UCL while stimul...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Punch J,Joseph- A,Rakerd B

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the need for standardized data definitions and reporting for early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs collecting information on newborn hearing screening and follow-up, and types of information best collected in a standardized manner. METHOD:A hypothetical birth cohort was used t...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Mason CA,Gaffney M,Green DR,Grosse SD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose This study investigated user characteristics, help-seeking behavior, and follow-up actions of people who failed an app-based digits-in-noise hearing screening test, considering their stage of change. Method Test and user characteristics of 3,092 listeners who failed the test were retrospectively analyzed. A po...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Schönborn D,Asmail FM,De Sousa KC,Laplante-Lévesque A,Moore DR,Smits C,Swanepoel W

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Cochlear implant (CI) performance varies considerably across individuals and across domains of auditory function, but clinical testing is typically restricted to speech intelligibility. The goals of this study were (a) to develop a basic auditory skills evaluation battery of tests for comprehensive assessment ...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Shafiro V,Hebb M,Walker C,Oh J,Hsiao Y,Brown K,Sheft S,Li Y,Vasil K,Moberly AC

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Florida on-campus AuD program is described. To date, 63 students have been enrolled in this program. Sixteen doctoral-level audiology faculty teach in this program, either in the classroom or clinically. Coursework spans all areas included in the audiology scope of practice. The curriculum also has c...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Holmes AE,Griffiths SK

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A variety of options for behavioral assessment of tinnitus in laboratory animals are available to researchers today. These options are briefly reviewed, followed by data suggesting that gap detection procedures might be used to efficiently measure acute, salicylate-induced tinnitus and possibly hyperacusis in r...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Turner JG,Parrish J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonfatal penetrating injuries to the brainstem offer a unique opportunity to assess subcortical auditory pathway function. A case study of a patient suffering a severe nailgun accident is presented. Hearing sensitivity and acoustic reflexes were normal bilaterally, but word recognition was reduced for one ear. Auditor...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Bauch CD,Olsen WO,Lynn SG,Reading CC,Dale AJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was undertaken to determine whether mothers whose infants failed a newborn hearing screening (MWIF) had significantly more stress and were consequently at risk for dysfunctional attachment than those mothers whose infants passed a newborn hearing screening (MWIP). The Parenting Stress Index (PSI; Abid...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Stuart A,Moretz M,Yang EY

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine which level-dependent hearing aid digital signal-processing strategy (DSP) participants preferred when listening to music and/or performing a speech-in-noise task. METHOD:Two receiver-in-the-ear hearing aids were compared: one using 32-channel adaptive dynamic range optim...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Higgins P,Searchfield G,Coad G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The main purpose of this study was to evaluate aging effects on the predominantly subcortical (brainstem) encoding of the second-formant frequency transition, an essential acoustic cue for perceiving place of articulation. Method Synthetic consonant-vowel syllables varying in second-formant onset frequency (i....

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Rishiq D,Harkrider A,Springer C,Hedrick M

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1999 J. Walton, M. Orlando, & R. Burkard (Hearing Research, 127, 86-94) investigated aging effects on auditory brainstem response (ABR) wave V latency using a tone-on-toneburst forward-masking paradigm. They found that at short forward-masking intervals, wave V latency shift was greater in normal-hearing older adul...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Burkard RF,Sims D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study established the performance-intensity function for Beijing and Taiwan Mandarin bisyllabic word recognition tests in noise in native speakers of Wu Chinese. Effects of the test dialect and listeners' first language on psychometric variables (i.e., slope and 50%-correct threshold) were analyzed. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Liu D,Shi LF

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this article is to introduce the special research forum on sensory-processing changes in middle-aged adults. METHOD:This is a brief written introduction to the special session, which included five presentations, each emphasizing a slightly different aspect of sensory perception. CONCLUSION:The ...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Humes LE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were recorded from 18 neonates born to mothers who used cocaine during pregnancy, and from 18 control infants matched to the cocaine group on the basis of birthweight and conceptional age. ABRs were elicited using click signals presented at 40, 60, and 80 dB nHL at a rate of 33 clic...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Cone-Wesson B,Spingarn A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of audiology involvement and other factors associated with failure to follow through from the initial hearing screening to the second outpatient screen. Method:Linear regression, logistical regression, and descriptive analyses were used across demographic a...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Thomson V,Yoshinaga-Itano C

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Teleaudiology helps connect patients in rural and underresourced areas to hearing health care providers, minimizing the barrier of geography (Swanepoel et al., 2010). In the United States, teleaudiology is at the initial stages of implementation (Bush, Thompson, Irungu, & Ayugi, 2016). Telehealth researchers re...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Coco L,Titlow KS,Marrone N

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this paper is to share the lessons that were learned about the process of implementing an Internet-based, randomized controlled trial (RCT) in general clinical practice (GCP) and to address some of the advantages of using the Internet as a tool to implement a RCT in GCP. The RCT implemented focus...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Malmberg M,Lunner T,Kähäri K,Jansson G,Andersson G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose This study tested the hypotheses that both patients receiving cochlear implants (CIs) and their significant others (SOs) would demonstrate improvements in perceived hearing handicap over time following cochlear implantation and that the SOs would demonstrate delayed patterns of perceived improvement compared t...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Shao D,Moberly AC,Ray C

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness of the "Dangerous Decibels" educational program in increasing students' knowledge and positively changing their attitudes and intended behaviors related to hearing and hearing loss prevention. METHOD:Baseline questionnaires were completed by 478 4th-grade students and 550 7th-grad...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Griest SE,Folmer RL,Martin WH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The aim of the study was to evaluate the evidence of clinical utility for dichotic speech tests of binaural integration used to assess auditory processing in English-speaking children 6-14 years old. Method:Dichotic speech test recordings and pertinent research studies were identified from iterative searches o...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Kelley KS,Littenberg B

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated 2 measures of listening effort (a self-report measure and a word recall measure) regarding their suitability for inclusion in a comprehensive audiologic testing protocol. The relationship between the 2 measures was explored, and both measures were examined with regard to validity, sensitivity, and ...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Johnson J,Xu J,Cox R,Pendergraft P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Physicians are vital team members of early hearing detection and intervention programs (EHDIPs), particularly in encouraging parents to comply with recommendations for follow-up services for their infants in universal newborn hearing screening programs (UNHSPs). This study describes a survey approach to help au...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Danhauer JL,Johnson CE,Finnegan D,Hansen K,Lamb M,Lopez IP,Meuel C,Pecile A,Resnick S,Williams V

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over two decades, corporate and academic researchers have worked to develop practical middle ear implantable hearing devices (MEIHDs). Now that two such devices are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for sale in the United States, and several more are in development, it is time for clinicians to con...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Spindel JH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors aimed to determine the predictability of speech intelligibility of people with different degrees of hearing loss from audibility and other factors. METHOD:After a brief overview of why people with hearing loss have greater difficulty in understanding speech than people with normal hearing, the auth...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Ching TY,Dillon H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To briefly summarize existing data on effects of aging on auditory processing and cognition. METHOD:A narrative review summarized previously reported data on age-related changes in auditory processing and in cognitive processes with a focus on spoken language comprehension and memory. In addition, recent data ...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Tun PA,Williams VA,Small BJ,Hafter ER

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this research note is to describe the development and technical validation of the Mobile Based Assistive Listening System (MoBALS), a free-of-charge smartphone-based remote microphone application. Method:MoBALS Version 1.0 was developed for Android (Version 2.1 or higher) and was coded with Java...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Lopez EA,Costa OA,Ferrari DV

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Tognola G,Kramer SE,Humes LE,Grandori F

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether specific sentence recognition assessments were sensitive enough to serve as objective outcome measurements that document subjective improvements in speech understanding with hearing aids. METHOD:The Revised Speech Perception in Noise test (R-SPIN; R. C. Bilger, J. M. Nuetzel, W. M. Rabinow...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Mendel LL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00