Fit to targets, preferred listening levels, and self-reported outcomes for the DSL v5.0 a hearing aid prescription for adults.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Establish up-to-date evidence-based guidelines for recommending cochlear implantation for young children. DESIGN:Speech perception results for early-implanted children were compared to children using traditional amplification. Equivalent pure-tone average (PTA) hearing loss for cochlear implant (CI) users wa...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Leigh JR,Dettman SJ,Dowell RC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experiment investigated the effect of small-group versus individual hearing loss prevention (HLP) training on the attenuation performance of passive insert-type hearing protection devices (HPDs). A subject-fit (SF) methodology, which gave naive listeners access only to the instructions printed on the HPD product ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Joseph A,Punch J,Stephenson M,Paneth N,Wolfe E,Murphy W

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In many low- and middle-income countries, the availability of hearing technology is limited, with few options for hearing aid repairs. Minimising moisture damage to hearing aid electronics improves function and longevity; however, desiccants that absorb moisture from hearing aid components are unavailable in ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Nelson LH,White KR,Baker DV,Hayden A,Bird S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are stigmas associated with many chronic health conditions that emerge in adulthood. People who present manifestations of hearing loss are often perceived by others to be cognitively diminished, less able, and socially incompetent. In order to avoid being identified as a member of a stigmatized group, individual...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Southall K,Gagné JP,Jennings MB

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of prevalence and aetiology was performed on 63 children and 127 adults in Denmark with congenital deafblindness. Using a Scandinavian definition of deafblindness, the prevalence of congenital deafblindness was found to be 1:29 000. Thirty-five different aetiological causes of deafblindness were found. Causes ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Dammeyer J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the hyperacusis questionnaire (HQ) in different strata of emotional exhaustion (EE). DESIGN:HQ-scores and uncomfortable loudness levels (ULLs) were assessed in 348 individuals (140 men and 208 women) with low, intermediate, and high EE-levels. RESULTS:Four individuals (1.1%) met the critical val...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Wallén MB,Hasson D,Theorell T,Canlon B

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the effect of motivational interviewing (MI) on hearing-aid use. DESIGN:This was a pilot single-blind, randomized parallel-group study conducted in the UK. STUDY SAMPLE:Thirty-seven adult patients who...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Aazh H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation examined how age and test condition affect one's ability to comprehend discourse passages, and determined whether age and test condition affect discourse comprehension and closed-set sentence recognition in a similar way. Young and older adults were tested with closed-set sentences from the newly-cr...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Tye-Murray N,Sommers M,Spehar B,Myerson J,Hale S,Rose NS

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate self-reported outcomes among hearing aid users (age 16-89 years; mean 45.8 years) to determine the effectiveness of aural rehabilitation in Nigeria based on the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA). The responses were evaluated with descriptive statistics, fac...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Olusanya B

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Specific computer-based auditory training may be a useful completion in the rehabilitation process for cochlear implant (CI) listeners to achieve sufficient speech intelligibility. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a computerized, phoneme-discrimination training programme. DESIGN:The study employed a...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Schumann A,Serman M,Gefeller O,Hoppe U

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate long-term development of hearing in subjects who had received platinum-based chemotherapy in childhood or adolescence. Another aim was to assess the self-reported hearing loss handicap and compare it to audiometric measurements. Medical records from individuals diagnosed with c...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Einarsson EJ,Petersen H,Wiebe T,Fransson PA,Grenner J,Magnusson M,Moëll C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mutations in the GJB2 gene are a major cause of hereditary hearing loss. However, only a few studies have investigated carrier frequencies of GJB2 mutations in the general population. The aim of this study was to estimate the carrier frequencies of three GJB2 mutations, including 235delC, V37I, and G45E, in t...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Kim SY,Lee BY,Lim JH,Ryu HM,Yang JH,Chung JH,Han HW,Park SY

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated categorical loudness scaling in a large group of cochlear implant (CI) recipients. DESIGN:Categorical loudness was measured for individually determined sets of current amplitudes on apical, mid and basal electrodes of the Nucleus array. STUDY SAMPLE:Thirty adult subjects implanted wi...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Busby PA,Au A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This article aims to estimate the global and regional needs, unmet needs and access to hearing aids, as well as the morbidity that can be averted by their use.Design: The study was based on Global Burden of Disease data. Study sample: Hearing impaired individuals "in need" of a hearing aid were defined as ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Orji A,Kamenov K,Dirac M,Davis A,Chadha S,Vos T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of the round window (RW) application of the vibrant soundbridge (VSB) in patients with mixed or conductive hearing loss. DESIGN:Speech in quiet and in noise were compared to preoperative data attained with conventional hearing aids so that each subject serv...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Marino R,Linton N,Eikelboom RH,Statham E,Rajan GP

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997, Don and his co-workers described a new method for evaluating the auditory brainstem response (ABR)--yielding the stacked-wave-V ABR--which may permit the reliable detection of even small vestibular schwannomas (VSs). However, this method requires a masking technique that may not be readily available to the cl...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Philibert B,Durrant JD,Ferber-Viart C,Duclaux R,Veuillet E,Collet L

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the reliability of a hearing risk factor screening survey used by hearing conservation programmes for noise-exposed workers. DESIGN:We compared workers' answers from the screening survey to their answers to a confidential research questionnaire regarding hearing loss risk factors. We calculated k...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Mosites E,Neitzel R,Galusha D,Trufan S,Dixon-Ernst C,Rabinowitz P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To investigate whether voice gender discrimination (VGD) could be a useful indicator of the spectral and temporal processing abilities of individual cochlear implant (CI) users; (2) To examine the relationship between VGD and speech recognition with CI when comparable acoustic cues are used for both perc...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Li T,Fu QJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This research assessed the reduction of peak levels, equivalent energy and sound power of firearm suppressors. DESIGN:The first study evaluated the effect of three suppressors at four microphone positions around four firearms. The second study assessed the suppressor-related reduction of sound power with a 3...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Murphy WJ,Flamme GA,Campbell AR,Zechmann EL,Tasko SM,Lankford JE,Meinke DK,Finan DS,Stewart M

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：: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：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 examine the current status of newborn/infant hearing screening programs in public sector hospitals in South Africa by means of a descriptive survey. Data was gathered using a self-administered postal questionnaire, which included questions on screening resources and protocols, follow-u...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Theunissen M,Swanepoel D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to examine the relationships between scores obtained from measures of speech perception and language in a group of young children with hearing loss (HL). Eighteen children (mean age = 4.3 years) and their mothers participated in this study. Speech perception was measured using the online imi...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Desjardin JL,Ambrose SE,Martinez AS,Eisenberg LS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss in mucopolysaccharidosis is usually both conductive and sensorineural. The conductive component is attributable to serous otitis media secondary to dysfunction of the eustachian tube and chronic thickening of the mucosa of the middle ear. The conductive component may persist after myringotomy and insertio...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Oghan F,Harputluoglu U,Guclu E,Guvey A,Turan N,Ozturk O

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Auditory processing disorder patients may have deficits in auditory temporal resolution. This study explored: (1) the ear specific norms for young adults using the adaptive tests of temporal resolution (ATTR); (2) the reliability of ATTR using two different modes of stimuli presentation; and (3) the concurren...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Wong AC,McPherson B

更新日期：2015-01-01 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