Balance function test correlates of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory.

abstract：PURPOSE:Vestibular rehabilitation exercises have been proven to reduce symptoms and diminish the risk of falls in those with dizziness and balance impairments. The first purpose of this study is to investigate a new method of measuring head movements during habituation vestibular rehabilitation exercises. The second is...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Hogan AE,Spindel JH,Gray LC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrocochleography (ECochG) is the measurement of stimulus-related cochlear potentials and the compound action potential (AP). Its primary clinical application is with the assessment of inner ear disorders. There are few studies examining the variability of ECochG measures. PURPOSE:The objective of the st...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Lake AB,Stuart A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-item questionnaire was administered to 100 older adults to determine their expectations regarding hearing aid use. The sample consisted of volunteers from a variety of senior citizen organizations and ranged in age from 55 to 92 years. Only individuals who reported no prior hearing aid usage were included in the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Kricos PB,Lesner SA,Sandridge SA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As humans, we hear the way we do because of at least three major forces. The first is phylogeny, the evolutionary changes in the auditory system since its beginnings. The second is embryology, the formation of the system in each individual. Finally, there is the interaction between the biologically determined mechanis...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Peck JE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivors of extracorporeal membraneous oxygenation (ECMO) treatment are at risk for serious neurodevelopmental disorders or neurologic sequelae, but little has been reported about the prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss in these patients. Of 123 ECMO survivors born between 1987 and 1996, at least 30 survivors ha...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Mann T,Adams K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current fitting guidelines from the American Academy of Audiology (Academy) support the use of objective electroacoustic measures and behavioral testing when fitting frequency modulation (FM) systems to hearing aids. However, only behavioral testing is recommended when fitting FM systems to individuals with ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Schafer EC,Musgrave E,Momin S,Sandrock C,Romine D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) were recorded using stimulus rates of 78-95 Hz in normal young subjects, in elderly subjects with relatively normal hearing, and in elderly subjects with sensorineural hearing impairment. Amplitude-intensity functions calculated relative to actual sensory thresholds (sensa...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Picton TW,Dimitrijevic A,Perez-Abalo MC,Van Roon P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binaural interaction component (BIC) of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) and BIC of the frequency-following response (FFR) to tonal stimuli were studied in normal-hearing adults. The ABR and BIC latencies from all subjects were consistently shorter to the click-like sound than to the 2.0 kHz tone burst. Incre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Parthasarathy TK,Moushegian G

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various methods have been used to measure temporal-fine-structure (TFS) sensitivity in hearing-impaired (HI) listeners. A new method called TFS-adaptive frequency (TFS-AF) test, tracks the highest frequency up to which a person can detect a given interaural phase difference (IPD) in bursts of pure tones. So ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Mathew DS,Sreenivasan A,Alexander A,Palani S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) measures provide information about middle-ear function across the traditional audiometric frequency range from 0.25 to 8.0 kHz. Recent studies have found that WAI is effective in predicting the presence of conductive hearing loss (CHL). It is not known whether WAI can accur...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Feeney MP,Sanford CA,Putterman DB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the listening habits and musical enjoyment of postlingually deafened adults who use cochlear implants. Sixty-five implant recipients (35 females, 30 males) participated in a survey containing questions about musical background, prior involvement in music, and audiologic success with the implant in...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Gfeller K,Christ A,Knutson JF,Witt S,Murray KT,Tyler RS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tympanometric measures were obtained in 1240 adults (2147 ears) ranging in age from 48 to 90 years. All subjects reported a negative history of otic disease, passed an otoscopic examination, and did not present a significant air-bone gap based on pure-tone audiometry. Relative to findings for younger adults, tympanome...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Wiley TL,Cruickshanks KJ,Nondahl DM,Tweed TS,Klein R,Klein BE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute symptoms of dizziness and/or imbalance commonly experienced in athletes postconcussion are speculated to arise from dysfunction at multiple levels (i.e., inner ear or central vestibular system) to appropriately integrate afferent sensory information. Disruption along any pathway of the balance system c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Patterson JN,Murphy AM,Honaker JA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both wide dynamic range compression (WDRC) and ChannelFree (CF) processing strategies in hearing aids were designed to improve listener comfort and consonant identification, yet few studies have actually compared them. PURPOSE:To determine whether CF processing provides equal or better consonant identificat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Plyler P,Hedrick M,Rinehart B,Tripp R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cochlear implant (CI) recipients experience difficulty understanding speech in noise. Remote-microphone technology that improves the signal-to-noise ratio is recognized as an effective means to improve speech recognition in noise; however, there are no published studies evaluating the potential benefits of a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Wolfe J,Morais M,Schafer E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-ear sound pressure levels (SPLs) were compared among three methods used for positioning a probe microphone in the ear canal. The probe insertion techniques included (1) an acoustic method that incorporates use of the quarter-wave anti-resonance property of the ear to determine acoustically the location of the pro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Dirks DD,Ahlstrom JB,Eisenberg LS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Multiple auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) to stimuli modulated at approximately 80 Hz are a promising technique for threshold estimation in infants, but additional data are required. RESEARCH DESIGN:We obtained multiple ASSRs to air-conducted (AC) stimuli. STUDY SAMPLE:There were 54 chil...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Van Maanen A,Stapells DR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old female presented to our clinic with complaints of hearing loss, tinnitus, and severe rotational vertigo. A test battery including complete audiometric testing, auditory brainstem response (ABR) audiometry, electronystagmography (ENG), electrocochleography (ECoG), and dehydration testing was performed. Mo...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Yellin MW,Waller M,Roland PS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory processing disorder (APD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) present overlapping symptomatology. Previous research has demonstrated that professionals use different behavioral descriptors to characterize APD and ADHD combined and predominantly hyperactive-impulsive subtypes, which present wit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Chermak GD,Tucker E,Seikel JA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of the present study was to investigate parent satisfaction with a neonatal hearing screening program through use of a valid and reliable questionnaire developed for this purpose (Parent Satisfaction Questionnaire with Neonatal Hearing Screening Program; PSQ-NHSP). Eighty parents whose children had rec...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Mazlan R,Hickson L,Driscoll C

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have reported the speech recognition benefits of a personal remote microphone system when used by adult listeners with hearing loss. The advance of wireless technology has allowed for many wireless audio transmission protocols. Some of these protocols interface with commercially available hearin...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Rodemerk KS,Galster JA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Difficulty understanding speech in background noise is a common complaint of individuals with sensorineural hearing loss. Recent animal studies suggest this difficulty may be due, in part, to spiral ganglion cell degeneration related to aging or noise exposure. Although auditory brainstem response (ABR) thre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Bramhall N,Ong B,Ko J,Parker M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cochlear implant patients are achieving increasingly higher levels of performance, speech perception in noise continues to be problematic. The newest generations of implant speech processors are equipped with preprocessing and/or external accessories that are purported to improve listening in noise....

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Gifford RH,Revit LJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Three-Clinic Hearing Aid Selection Profile (HASP) was developed to assess a patient's beliefs about a number of basic considerations felt to be critical to the hearing aid selection (HAS) process. These characteristics are felt to be key to the acceptance of amplification and include motivation, expectations, cost...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Jacobson GP,Newman CW,Fabry DA,Sandridge SA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Before advanced noise-management features can be recommended for use in children with hearing loss, evidence regarding their ability to use these features to optimize speech perception is necessary. PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between children's preference for, and performa...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Pittman AL,Hiipakka MM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Sweden, there is a lack of evidence-based rehabilitation programs for hearing loss. The Active Communication Education program (ACE) has successfully been used in Australia and was translated and evaluated in a Swedish pilot study. The pilot study included 23 participants (age 87 yr). No statistically sig...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Oberg M,Bohn T,Larsson U

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tolerability of aided impulsive-type stimuli was investigated in a group of 13 hearing-impaired listeners. Two linear circuits (one with a class A and one with a class D output stage) and one adaptive frequency response (AFR) circuit (with a class D output stage) were investigated. In a three-way paired-comparison...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Fortune TW,Preves DA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a digital hearing aid with a directional microphone was examined in a school-aged population. Twenty children (9 with a mild-to-moderately-severe hearing loss and 11 with a moderate-to-severe hearing loss) between 7 1/2 and 13 2/3 years of age wore the study hearing aids binaurally for 30 days prior to...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Kuk FK,Kollofski C,Brown S,Melum A,Rosenthal A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:The acceptable noise level (ANL) test is the only test that is known to predict success with hearing aids with a high degree of accuracy. A person's ANL is the maximal amount of background noise that he or she is "willing to put up with" while listening to running speech. It is defined as the speech ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Recker KL,McKinney MF,Edwards BW

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histories of two pediatric patients who received cochlear implants with subsequent partial recovery of hearing in the nonimplanted ear are reviewed. One child had a sudden bilateral hearing loss, presumably secondary to autoimmune ear disease. The other child had a bilateral progressive hearing loss diagnosed as l...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

authors： Sweetow RW,Rosbe KW,Philliposian C,Miller MT

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00