Contemporary surgical issues in paediatric cochlear implantation.

abstract：:This study aimed to determine if adolescents/young adults gained additional perceptual benefit from sequential bilateral cochlear implants within 12 months, and to document adaptation to the second implant. Assessments comprised a pediatric version of The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ), anecdotal...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Galvin KL,Hughes KC,Mok M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is growing interest in the concepts of listening effort and fatigue associated with hearing loss. However, the theoretical underpinnings and clinical meaning of these concepts are unclear. This lack of clarity reflects both the relative immaturity of the field and the fact that research studies investig...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： McGarrigle R,Munro KJ,Dawes P,Stewart AJ,Moore DR,Barry JG,Amitay S

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Children (n = 141) referred to 5 clinical sites for auditory processing disorder assessment were tested with two dichotic listening tests, one with word pairs and the other with pairs of digits, as part of a comprehensive diagnostic battery. Scores from the Randomized Dichotic Digits Test and the Dichotic Words Test w...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Moncrieff D,Keith W,Abramson M,Swann A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Providing appropriate feedback to caregivers is an important part of the paediatric audiological assessment. This preliminary study explored caregiver recall and understanding of audiological diagnostic information subsequent to an initial paediatric diagnostic assessment. DESIGN:A qualitative study was cond...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Watermeyer J,Kanji A,Cohen A

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:In order to develop a sensitive audiometric protocol for identifying ototoxicity in children, a retrospective study of 16 children treated with cisplatin and/or carboplatin was performed. Audiometric testing was done by means of pure-tone threshold audiometry (PTA), high-frequency audiometry (HFA), and distortion prod...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Dhooge I,Dhooge C,Geukens S,De Clerck B,De Vel E,Vinck BM

更新日期：2006-06-01 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: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:The primary aim was to compare the objective and the subjective assessments of hearing aid use among elderly people at a 6-month follow-up after fitting. A secondary aim was to determine whether advanced knowledge of follow-up impacts hearing aid use. DESIGN:Hearing aid use was assessed by datalogging (obje...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Solheim J,Hickson L

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study was conducted to determine whether modifications to input compression and input frequency response characteristics can improve music-listening satisfaction in cochlear implant users. DESIGN:Experiment 1 compared three pre-processed versions of music and speech stimuli in a laboratory setting: origina...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Halliwell ER,Jones LL,Fraser M,Lockley M,Hill-Feltham P,McKay CM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary purpose of this study was to compare Listening in Spatialized Noise - Sentence (LiSN-S) test and the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) thresholds in order to determine if the two tests measure the same construct (convergent validity). The secondary purpose was to determine performance differences betw...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Vermiglio AJ,Bulla E,Skinner J,Heeke P,Fang X,Velappan K,Bonilla E,Garner E

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate word recognition in noise in subjects treated in childhood with chemotherapy, study benefits of open-fitting hearing-aids for word recognition, and investigate whether self-reported hearing-handicap corresponded to subjects' word recognition ability. DESIGN:Subjects diagnosed with cancer and t...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

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

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To design a test battery and conduct a proof-of-concept experiment of a test method that can be used to measure the detection performance afforded by military advanced hearing protection devices (HPDs) and tactical communication and protective systems (TCAPS). DESIGN:The detection test was conducted with eac...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Lee K,Casali JG

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：:Speech-in-noise audiometry has potential application as a low-cost, self-screening test for sensorineural hearing loss. To realize this potential, the influence of variations in audio equipment and listening environment need assessment. The present study assessed: 1) the frequency response and distortion produced by a...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Culling JF,Zhao F,Stephens D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confirmation of the conditions of the ossicles is essential for tympanoplasty. However, at present, ossicular mobility is experimentally estimated with palpation by a surgeon, and the results depend on the surgeon's skill. In this study, a new apparatus for quantitatively measuring ossicular mobility was developed. Wi...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Koike T,Murakoshi M,Hamanishi S,Yuasa Y,Yuasa R,Kobayashi T,Wada H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent retrospective studies report differences in auditory neurophysiology between concussed athletes and uninjured controls using the frequency-following response (FFR). Adopting a prospective design in college football players, we compared FFRs before and after a concussion and evaluated test-retest relia...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Rauterkus G,Moncrieff D,Stewart G,Skoe E

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the gaps-in-noise (GIN(©)) test could differentiate children with dyslexia and significant phonological awareness deficits from a group of children with normal reading skills. DESIGN:A prospective study of GIN test performance in two groups of children. Participants were administered routine ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Zaidan E,Baran JA

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：: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: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:To consider the evolving concept of auditory processing disorder (APD). DESIGN:Narrative review and opinion piece. STUDY SAMPLE:Eight approaches to APD described in the literature and its definitions by ten societies or groups from around the world. RESULTS:The dominant conceptualisation of APD remains one...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Wilson WJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies show that intracochlear electrical stimulation independent of environmental sounds appears to suppress tinnitus, even long-term. In order to assess the viability of this potential treatment option it is essential to study the effects of this tinnitus specific electrical stimulation on speech...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Arts RAGJ,George ELJ,Janssen MAML,Griessner A,Zierhofer C,Stokroos RJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The speech intelligibility benefit of visual speech cues during oral communication is well-established. Therefore, an ecologically valid approach of auditory assessment should include the processing of both auditory and visual speech cues. This study describes the development and evaluation of a virtual human speaker ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Devesse A,Dudek A,van Wieringen A,Wouters J

更新日期：2018-12-01 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 study investigated the mental health and other characteristics of people with acquired profound hearing loss (APHL) and contrasted this group with acquired hearing loss (AHL) in general. A survey was completed over the internet by 95 adults and by 27 people who had attended a one-week course of rehabilitation. The...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Hallam R,Ashton P,Sherbourne K,Gailey L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00