Speech perception abilities for spectrally modified signals in individuals with auditory dys-synchrony.

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: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：OBJECTIVE:Patient-centred care is a term frequently associated with quality health care. Despite extensive literature from a range of health-care professions that provide description and measurement of patient-centred care, a definition of patient-centredness in audiological rehabilitation is lacking. The current study...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Grenness C,Hickson L,Laplante-Lévesque A,Davidson B

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to investigate the congruent/incongruent perceptions of hearing-loss related quality of life between members of couples and to determine how incongruence was affected by individual psychosocial characteristics, specifically measures of mood (negative affect and positive affect), stress...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Preminger JE,Meeks S

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:One limitation with the Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (Baha) is too poor amplification for patients with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing losses. Therefore, we investigated if bone conducted (BC) sound transmission improves when the stimulation approaches the cochlea. Also the influence from the squamosal suture o...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Eeg-Olofsson M,Stenfelt S,Tjellström A,Granström G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between portable digital audio player listening behaviours and (1) measured sound pressure levels, (2) audiometric measures, (3) self-reported hearing loss symptoms. DESIGN:A questionnaire to evaluate listening behaviours, including self-reported hearing loss symptoms and listenin...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Feder K,Marro L,Keith SE,Michaud DS

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effectiveness of targeted surveillance for the identification of moderate-profound PCHI in babies who pass the newborn hearing screen in England and have risk factors. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. STUDY SAMPLE:2,307,880 children born 01/04/06-30/09/09 in England. RESULTS:Overall the preval...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Wood SA,Davis AC,Sutton GJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy and stability of the Synapsys VNG Ulmer calibration system when the goggles and infrared camera are repositioned, and the accuracy of the equipment's geometric calibration system. DESIGN:Prospective data collection involved participants conducting the system's horizontal calibration te...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Corless N,Goggins S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Music perception and appraisal are generally poor in cochlear implant recipients. Simple musical structures, lyrics that are easy to follow, and clear rhythm/beat have been reported among the top factors to enhance music enjoyment. The present study investigated the preference for modified relative instrument...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Buyens W,van Dijk B,Moonen M,Wouters J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Recent changes to cochlear implant (CI) candidacy criteria have led to the inclusion of candidates with greater levels of hearing in the contralateral and/or implanted ear. This study assessed the impact of various hearing loss configurations on CI uptake rates (those assessed as eligible for CI, who procee...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Sucher CM,Eikelboom RH,Stegeman I,Jayakody DMP,Atlas MD

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Current hearing aid prescription rules assume that spectral loudness summation decreases with hearing impairment and that binaural loudness summation is independent of hearing loss and signal bandwidth. Previous studies have shown that these assumptions might be incorrect. Spectral loudness summation was meas...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： van Beurden M,Boymans M,van Geleuken M,Oetting D,Kollmeier B,Dreschler WA

更新日期：2020-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The primary goal of this study was to characterise the cochlear and neural components of hearing loss in a large cohort of people with Charcot-Marie Tooth neuropathy who reported hearing difficulties.Design: A full complement of audiologic measures including behavioral, physiologic and subjective assessment...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Giuliani N,Holte L,Shy M,Grider T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Indications for cochlear implantation have extended progressively over the years both from an audiological and clinical point of view, including the introduction of cochlear implants (CI) for hearing rehabilitation following skull base surgeries and neurotological procedures. In the past, cochlear implantatio...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Medina Mdel M,Piccirillo E,D'orazio F,Bacciu A,Guida M,Sanna M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of contralateral acoustic stimulation on transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) was used to investigate the activity of the medial olivocochlear bundle in neonates. TEOAEs were bilaterally recorded, with and without contralateral noise, in 120 full-term neonates without risk for hearing loss. Otoac...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Durante AS,Carvalho RM

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：: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：: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：:In a laboratory study, we found that normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners preferred less than normal overall calculated loudness (according to a loudness model of Moore & Glasberg, 1997). The current study verified those results using a research hearing aid. Fifteen hearing-impaired and eight normal-hearing p...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Smeds K,Keidser G,Zakis J,Dillon H,Leijon A,Grant F,Convery E,Brew C

更新日期：2006-01-01 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 describes characteristics, behaviours and readiness of people who are interested in seeking hearing healthcare (HHC) online. DESIGN:A non-profit clinic was established from which services through a virtual clinic are offered. Most of the patient-audiologist interactions are conducted online. We us...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Ratanjee-Vanmali H,Swanepoel W,Laplante-Lévesque A

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To introduce the Italian adaptation of the STARR test based on a roving-level adaptive method to mimic challenging real-life listening conditions for use in people with auditory prostheses. DESIGN:Normative data were collected and interlist-variability, as well as learning effects, were investigated using a...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Dincer D'Alessandro H,Ballantyne D,De Seta E,Musacchio A,Mancini P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to assess the individual effect of reverberation and noise, as well as their combined effect, on speech intelligibility by cochlear implant (CI) users. DESIGN:Sentence stimuli corrupted by reverberation, noise, and reverberation + noise are presented to 11 CI listeners for word i...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hazrati O,Loizou PC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For a noise-exposed group of workers, group-averaged and individual changes were compared for pure-tone audiometry, transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs), and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) in order to see if they exhibit the same pattern in time. DESIGN:Baseline and 17-months fo...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Helleman HW,Dreschler WA

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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