Dynamics of real time DPOAE contralateral suppression in chinchillas and humans.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to analyse the role of sound avoidance and anxiety in tinnitus subjects with hyperacusis, defined as hypersensitivity to low to moderate intensity sounds. DESIGN:A group of tinnitus subjects with hyperacusis was compared to tinnitus subjects without hyperacusis, and healthy contr...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Blaesing L,Kroener-Herwig B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine and to compare the overall intelligibility, articulation, resonance, and voice characteristics in children using cochlear implants (CI) and children using conventional hearing aids (HA). Nine prelingually deaf children using CI and six children with a prelingual severe hearin...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Van Lierde KM,Vinck BM,Baudonck N,De Vel E,Dhooge I

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A research program was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of an audiovisual-FM system as a speechreading aid. The present study investigated the effects of the distance between the talker and the speechreader on a visual-speech perception task. Sentences were recorded simultaneously with a conventional Hi8 mm video c...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Gagné JP,Charest M,Le Monday K,Desbiens C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the explanatory power of a self-determination theory (SDT) model of health behaviour change for hearing aid adoption decisions and fitting outcomes. DESIGN:A quantitative approach was taken for this longitudinal cohort study. Participants completed questionnaires adapted from SDT that measured aut...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Ridgway J,Hickson L,Lind C

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A controlled field experiment was conducted to evaluate localization of suprathreshold gunshot reports (from blank cartridges) with four hearing protection-enhancement devices (HPEDs) in comparison to the open ear with ambient outdoor noise and in 82 dBA diesel military heavy truck noise. DESIGN:Five measure...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Talcott KA,Casali JG,Keady JP,Killion MC

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to understand the parental perspective on paediatric cochlear implantation over time. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with 216 families of children who were implanted at the Nottingham Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme between 1989 and 2002, and who were attendi...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Sach TH,Whynes DK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess factors that contribute to Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) scores in Japan. DESIGN:Case series with chart review. STUDY SAMPLE:Two hundred and eighty-five tinnitus patients at tertiary referral center, who completed the Japanese version of the THI, the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), and the...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Oishi N,Shinden S,Kanzaki S,Saito H,Inoue Y,Ogawa K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acoustically, a room's boundaries can be thought of as dirty mirrors. By repeated reflections, these mirrors generate multiple sound images whose intensities decrease with increasing distance. The sound energy received from these images (conditioned by the inverse square law and atmospheric absorption) sums with direc...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Boothroyd A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of inverting electrode location and stimulus perceptibility on the presence of the mismatch negativity (MMN) evoked response was investigated in 20 normal-hearing adult females. Perceptible and imperceptible frequency contrasts were employed in an oddball paradigm. The perceptible contrast consisted of an 1...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Walker-Black L,Stuart A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical procedures related to patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) largely fail to address the patient's hearing. Given the challenges of this population, unconventional indicators of treatment efficacy may be required. Palmer et al (1999) reported on caregiver-tracked behaviors as outcome measures for hearing aid ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Durrant JD,Palmer CV,Lunner T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tinnitus is a condition that is difficult to treat, and treatment outcomes are difficult to measure The majority of people who experience tinnitus are not troubled by it; however, the troubled minority are referred by an otorhinolaryngologist for specialist clinic help. The aim of this study was to investigate how the...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： El Refaie A,Davis A,Kayan A,Baskill J,Lovell E,Owen V

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper reports a consanguineous deaf family with three different mutations in the GJB2 gene. DESIGN:Four members of an Iranian deaf family were recruited in this study. The GJB2 coding region and exon-intron boundaries were investigated using direct sequencing. STUDY SAMPLE:The proposita was a 12-year-o...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Davoudi-Dehaghani E,Fallah MS,Shirzad T,Tavakkoly-Bazzaz J,Bagherian H,Zeinali S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorineurally hearing-impaired (HI) subjects often report difficulties in complex acoustical environments. To investigate whether these problems arise from specific deficits in the frequency selectivity in binaural listening conditions, thresholds were measured for a 500-Hz sinusoid in phase (So) or antiphase (Spi) ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Nitschmann M,Verhey JL,Kollmeier B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of consecutive 1000-Hz tympanometry testing on admittance measures, and examine test-retest reliability. DESIGN:Repeated measures with eight trials of 1000-Hz Y(a) and B(a)/G(a) tympanometry, respectively, in two ears of each subject, followed by repeated 226-Hz tympanometry. STUDY...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Carazo CD,Sun XM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study evaluated the outcomes of the Oticon Medical Neuro Zti cochlear implant and the Neuro 2 sound processor.Design: Neuro One users were upgraded to Neuro 2. Monosyllabic word identification was evaluated in adults with Neuro One after ≥5 months, with Neuro 2 at upgrade, and with Neuro 2 after 3 mont...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Franco-Vidal V,Parietti-Winkler C,Guevara N,Truy E,Loundon N,Bailleux S,Ardoint M,Saaï S,Hoen M,Laplante-Lévesque A,Mosnier I,Bordure P,Vincent C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments were conducted to investigate possible relationships between cognitive function and hearing aid use. In Experiment 1, 72 first-time hearing aid users were tested for speech recognition in noise (Hagerman sentence test) with and without hearing aids. Cognitive function was assessed by tests of working m...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Lunner T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tinnitus is poorly reflected by audiometric (cochlear) data, indicating that central nervous system (CNS) components are involved in its development. This study aimed to provide support for the neurophysiological theory of tinnitus as a result of combined peripheral and central nervous dysfunctions. Our main findings ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Attias J,Reshef I,Shemesh Z,Salomon G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The real-ear insertion response (REIR) of a hearing aid is estimated as the difference between the aided response and the unaided response in the ear canal. Changes in the position of the loudspeaker relative to the head, between the two measurements, may reduce the accuracy of the estimate. The spatial variability of...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Stone MA,Moore BC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between occupational exposures and hearing among elderly Latino Americans. DESIGN:A descriptive, correlational design used for this secondary analysis with the data from the Sacramento Area Latino Study of Aging (SALSA). STUDY SAMPLE:A total of 547 ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hong O,Chin DL,Kerr MJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the benefits of fast-acting WDRC, slow-acting AVC, and linear reference fittings for speech intelligibility and reported disability, in a within-subject within-device masked crossover design on 50 listeners with SNHL. Five hearing aid fittings were implemented having two compression channels and seven fre...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Gatehouse S,Naylor G,Elberling C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The directivity index (DI) and polar pattern of directional hearing aids are typically measured in an anechoic chamber, which is expensive and not commonly found. This article proposes a quasi-anechoic technique to measure hearing aid directivity in small and reverberant enclosures using the root-mean-square ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Wu YH,Bentler RA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the factors influencing 5-year language, speech and everyday functioning of children with congenital hearing loss. DESIGN:Standardised tests including PLS-4, PPVT-4 and DEAP were directly administered to children. Parent reports on language (CDI) and everyday functioning (PEACH) were ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Cupples L,Ching TY,Button L,Seeto M,Zhang V,Whitfield J,Gunnourie M,Martin L,Marnane V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of the effectiveness of imaging and genetic testing, and establishment of a cost-effective diagnostic protocol for the etiologic diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in Brazil. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. STUDY SAMPLE:Analysis of 100 unrelated Brazilian patients with severe to prof...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Ramos PZ,de Moraes VC,Svidnicki MC,Soki MN,Castilho AM,Sartorato EL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate, in 20 young volunteer subjects, the effects of supra-physiological vitamin B12 administration on noise-induced temporary threshold shift (TTS). All subjects had hearing thresholds within 15 dBHL and type A tympanograms. The subjects were randomly assigned to two different groups....

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Quaranta A,Scaringi A,Bartoli R,Margarito MA,Quaranta N

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To obtain a parental perspective on how audiological tests, including recording cortical auditory-evoked potentials (CAEP) to speech sounds, influenced their uptake of hearing devices for their infant. Design: A focus group was established by parents of hearing-impaired children. A facilitator explored how ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Mehta K,Mahon M,Watkin P,Marriage J,Vickers D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hearing loss (HL) affects the everyday functioning of millions of people worldwide. The Brief International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) core sets for HL was developed to meet the complex health care needs of adults with HL. Because the brief core set for HL has not yet been valid...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Karlsson E,Mäki-Torkko E,Widén S,Gustafsson J,Manchaiah V,Mahomed-Asmail F,Swanepoel W,Yerraguntla K,Granberg S

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined group differences on a variety of measures for three groups of elderly hearing aid candidates matched for gender, age and hearing loss. These three groups were: (1) 26 candidates who declined amplification (non-adherents); (2) 24 individuals who purchased hearing aids, but subsequently returned the...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Humes LE,Wilson DL,Humes AC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the impact of hearing aids on mental health, social engagement, cognitive function, and physical health outcomes in older adults with hearing impairment. DESIGN:We assessed hearing handicap (hearing handicap inventory for the elderly; HHIE-S), cognition (mini mental state exam, trail making, audit...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Dawes P,Cruickshanks KJ,Fischer ME,Klein BE,Klein R,Nondahl DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related effects on several parameters of hearing aid provision, comprising the importance of various hearing aid attributes, the main reason for dissatisfaction, and a measure for aided performance, were examined. When comparing two subgroups of younger and elderly hearing aid users, a significant difference occur...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Meister H,von Wedel H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the American Medical Association (AMA) guide to the evaluation of binaural hearing impairment (BHI) as a procedure for estimating severity of hearing loss from audiograms. DESIGN:The BHIs of Australian war veterans were calculated from their hearing threshold levels (HTLs) and compared with their s...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Macrae JH

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00