The efficacy of a structured group therapy intervention in improving communication and coping skills for adult cochlear implant recipients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of severe dual sensory loss (DSL) among older persons (aged ≥65 years) in the Swedish population, to identify the diagnoses that cause severe DSL, and to identify rehabilitation services in which the participants have been involved. DESIGN:A cross-sectional design was applied. Medi...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Lundin E,Widén SE,Wahlqvist M,Anderzén-Carlsson A,Granberg S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate hearing aid fitting from a societal viewpoint, rather than the more traditional patient perspective. The effects of hearing aid fitting on generic quality of life (EuroQol), social functioning (SF36), auditory disability, productivity at paid and unpaid labour, and medical c...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Joore MA,Brunenberg DE,Chenault MN,Anteunis LJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：: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:In a clinical setting, theories of health behaviour change could help audiologists and other hearing health care professionals understand the barriers that prevent people with hearing problems to seek audiological help. The transtheoretical (stages of change) model of health behaviour change is one of these t...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Ingo E,Brännström KJ,Andersson G,Lunner T,Laplante-Lévesque A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs), noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) remains one of the most prevalent occupational conditions. A new technology allows for daily monitoring of noise exposures under HPDs. We report on an intervention employing the voluntary use of this technology in a worksi...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： McTague MF,Galusha D,Dixon-Ernst C,Kirsche SR,Slade MD,Cullen MR,Rabinowitz PM

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：: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:To evaluate the prevalence of labyrinthine ossification, and especially cochlear ossification, in a cohort of patients with unilateral sudden deafness or severe sensorineural hearing loss. DESIGN:Retrospective data collection. STUDY SAMPLE:Sixty-four consecutive patients with unilateral sudden deafness or s...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Braun T,Dirr F,Berghaus A,Hempel JM,Krause E,Müller J,Ertl-Wagner B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the subjective psychological and social effects of highly asymmetric hearing loss (single-sided deafness [SSD]) in adults. DESIGN:Three group interviews were conducted using the critical incident technique and analysed using an inductive thematic analysis. STUDY SAMPLE:Eight adults with...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Lucas L,Katiri R,Kitterick PT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two adaptive procedures for fitting a multi-channel compression hearing aid. "Camadapt" uses judgements of the loudness of speech stimuli and the tonal quality of music stimuli. "Eartuner" uses judgements of the loudness and clarity of speech stimuli with differing spectral characteristics. Sixteen new use...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Moore BC,Marriage J,Alcántara J,Glasberg BR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we present a new method to derive a single-number measure of the directivity of hearing aids. The method is an extension of the conventional directivity index (DI), and is called overall directivity index (ODI). The directivities of five different hearing aid styles were compared with that of the open e...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Olsen HL,Hagerman B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate total leisure noise exposure among adolescents and to assess its association with hearing. DESIGN:Based on self-reported time spent on 19 leisure activities and associated mean sound pressure levels reported in the literature, total leisure noise exposure was evaluated and compared to noise at...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Dehnert K,Raab U,Perez-Alvarez C,Steffens T,Bolte G,Fromme H,Twardella D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To re-evaluate the current BSA recommendation that the test ear should be occluded during the bone-conduction procedure at frequencies above 2 kHz to prevent audible air-borne radiation. DESIGN:Pure-tone audiometry was undertaken during routine hearing tests. The audiograms of fifty-two ears met the criteria...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Tate Maltby M,Gaszczyk D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trust, ontological security, and social recognition are discussed in relation to self-identity among people with acquired deafblindness. To date the phenomenon has not been elaborated in the context of deafblindness. When a person with deafblindness interacts with the social and material environment, the reliability, ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Danermark BD,Möller K

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:The paper describes the outcomes of an ongoing universal hearing screening program in Tirana, Albania. The main objectives of the project were the evaluation of the feasibility of a neonatal hearing screening program in Albania, and an evaluation of the prevalence of risk factors in the NICU environment. One thousand ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hatzopoulos S,Qirjazi B,Martini A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Audiometric measurements through a hearing aid ('in-situ') may facilitate provision of hearing services where these are limited. This study investigated the validity and reliability of in-situ air conduction hearing thresholds measured with closed and open domes relative to thresholds measured with insert earphones, a...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： O'Brien A,Keidser G,Yeend I,Hartley L,Dillon H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To link outcome measures used in audiological research to the ICF classification and thereby describe audiological research from the ICF perspective. DESIGN:Through a peer-reviewed or a joint linking procedure, link outcome measures to the ICF classification system using standardized ICF linking rules. Addit...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Granberg S,Möller K,Skagerstrand A,Möller C,Danermark B

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To review the contemporary surgical issues in paediatric cochlear implantation (CI) based on published evidence. DESIGN:Narrative literature review. RESULTS:Surgical challenges in paediatric CI are discussed, with respect to post meningitic labyrinthitis ossificans; cochlear malformation; cochlear implantat...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Wasson JD,Briggs RJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate cisplatin-induced ototoxicity and the protective effects of tiopronin. Twenty-four adult Wistar rats served as subjects and were divided into three groups. Eight rats receiving only saline (group A) were used as controls. Eight rats received cisplatin (2 mg/kg) injections (gro...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Fetoni AR,Quaranta N,Marchese R,Cadoni G,Paludetti G,Sergi B

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the second paper in a series of two papers comparing auditory measures in depressed and non-depressed individuals. In this paper, we describe the auditory brainstem responses (ABRs), auditory late responses (ALRs) and behavioral speech measures obtained from the same set of 36 individuals as in our previous pa...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Gopal KV,Bishop CE,Carney L

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic and objective measures are reviewed with respect to their implementation as monitoring tools for cochlear implants in the operating room and their value in the management of children. The current intraoperative test protocol in Nottingham consists of back-telemetry (BT) diagnostic testing of implant...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Mason S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to provide guidelines to optimize perception of soft speech and speech in noise for Advanced Bionics cochlear implant (CI) users. DESIGN:Three programs differing in T-levels were created for ten subjects. Using the T-level setting that provided the lowest FM-tone, sound-field threshold level...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Holden LK,Reeder RM,Firszt JB,Finley CC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To investigate hearing aid owners' decisions to attend or not to attend an annual hearing aid review (HAR) appointment. To investigate the possible factors associated with appointment attendance, including age, gender, transportation, travel time, and hearing aid outcomes.Design: A prospective cohort study....

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Bennett RJ,Zhang M,Mulders WHAM,Stegeman I,Vagg B,Brennan-Jones CG,Eikelboom RH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main purpose of this research was to obtain normative data for auditory processing tests for Norwegian speaking children. DESIGN:Participants were administered routine audiological tests and an auditory processing test-battery consisting of Filtered Words, Competing Words, Dichotic Digits, Gaps In Noise,...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Mattsson TS,Follestad T,Andersson S,Lind O,Øygarden J,Nordgård S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00