Decision-making and outcomes of hearing help-seekers: A self-determination theory perspective.

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：: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: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：:Objective: This clinical note describes the Individualised - Active Communication Education (I-ACE) programme designed to improve problem solving and self-management in adults with hearing impairment. Design: The I-ACE was offered to adult clients seeking help for the first time and effects were measured for participa...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hickson L,Worrall L,Scarinci N,Laplante-Lévesque A

更新日期：2019-08-01 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: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

abstract：:Noise is a significant risk factor in aviation, especially in military aviation. Even though our earlier studies have shown that the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) among military pilots is small and the monitoring of their hearing is effective, we still need to develop methods of assessing the risk of NIHL ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Kuronen P,Toppila E,Starck J,Pääkkönen R,Sorri MJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：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：:The aim of this study was to compare auditory functions and to analyse the prevalence of hearing impairment and the relationship of self-reported hearing disability with audiometric test results among 75-year-old people in three Nordic localities. The representative samples came from Glostrup, Denmark (n = 571), Göteb...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hietanen A,Era P,Henrichsen J,Rosenhall U,Sorri M,Heikkinen E

更新日期：2005-09-01 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: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：: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: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：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have shown that the frequency-following response (FFR) to voice pitch can be a useful method to evaluate the signal-processing mechanisms and neural plasticity in the human brainstem. The purpose of this study was to examine the quantitative properties of the FFR trends with an exponential curv...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Jeng FC,Chung HK,Lin CD,Dickman B,Hu J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to explore cochlear implant users' speech perception performance in quiet and in noise for low to moderate stimulation rates. Eight postlingually deaf adult users of the Nucleus CI24 cochlear implant (contour electrode array) using the ESPrit 3G speech processor participated in this stu...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Arora K,Dawson P,Dowell R,Vandali A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to review the scientific literature to determine if a set of stimulus parameters can be described to elicit distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) of higher absolute level and/or greater reliability in healthy adult humans and higher sensitivity and specificity in adu...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Petersen L,Wilson WJ,Kathard H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explores the influence of stimulation position on bone conduction (BC) hearing sensitivity with a BC transducer attached using a headband. DESIGN:(1) The cochlear promontory motion was measured in cadaver heads using laser Doppler vibrometry while seven different positions around the pinna were st...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Dobrev I,Stenfelt S,Röösli C,Bolt L,Pfiffner F,Gerig R,Huber A,Sim JH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Clients' perspective on the quality of audiology care has not been investigated thoroughly. Research has focused primarily on satisfaction with, and limitations of hearing aids. We developed a Consumer Quality Index (CQI) questionnaire 'Audiology Care' to systematically assess client experiences with audiolog...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hendriks M,Dahlhaus-Booij J,Plass AM

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The aim of the study is to understand the implications of disclosing the results of connexin26 (Cx26) gene testing to the concerned family with hearing impaired individuals. The department of biotechnology is funding a multicentric multidisciplinary team from Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (B...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Shekhawat GS,RamShankar M,Jalvi RR,Rangasayee R,Anand A

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：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：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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this scoping review was two-fold, (1) to provide information about the characteristics, type of service delivery, participant information and outcomes related to tele-audiology in clinical popluations, and (2) to describe documented facilitators and barriers to tele-audiology delivery from the ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Muñoz K,Nagaraj NK,Nichols N

更新日期：2020-09-10 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:While most normal-hearing listeners rely on the auditory modality to obtain speech information, research has demonstrated the importance that non-auditory modalities have on language recognition during face-to-face communication. The efficient utilization of the visual modality becomes increasingly important ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Altieri N,Hudock D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether children aged 7 to 12 years with listening difficulties show objective evidence for efferent auditory function based on measurements of medial olivo-cochlear and middle ear muscle reflexes. DESIGN:Click-evoked otoacoustic emissions recorded with and without contralateral broadband noise ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Smart JL,Kuruvilla-Mathew A,Kelly AS,Purdy SC

更新日期：2019-01-01 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