Hearing aid use in the elderly as measured by datalogging and self-report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study surveyed youth recreational firearm users (YRFUs) regarding shooting habits, reported use of hearing protection devices (HPDs), self-assessed auditory status, and attitudes about firearm noise and hearing loss. DESIGN:A descriptive study using a 28-item survey administered by personal interview. ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Stewart M,Meinke DK,Snyders JK,Howerton K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report a case study on possible alterations in resting-state functional connectivity between the auditory network and non-auditory brain regions in tinnitus patients. DESIGN:Independent component analyses were performed to evaluate coherent spontaneous activity in distributed brain networks. The resting-s...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Kim JY,Kim YH,Lee S,Seo JH,Song HJ,Cho JH,Chang Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Up to 40% of children with hearing loss present with other developmental disabilities. The purpose of this study was to document the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children with permanent hearing loss, to describe the audiologic characteristics, and to examine clinical management. DESIGN:Pr...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Fitzpatrick EM,Lambert L,Whittingham J,Leblanc E

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The high energy demand of the auditory and visual pathways render these sensory systems prone to diseases that impair mitochondrial function. Primary open-angle glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease of the optic nerve, has recently been associated with a spectrum of mitochondrial abnormalities. This study sou...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Rance G,O'Hare F,O'Leary S,Starr A,Ly A,Cheng B,Tomlin D,Graydon K,Chisari D,Trounce I,Crowston J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to determine the speech perception abilities for spectrally modified speech signals in individuals with auditory dys-synchrony. STUDY SAMPLE:The speech identification scores of 30 normal hearing and 12 individuals diagnosed as having auditory dys-synchrony were studied. DESIGN...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Prabhu P,Avilala V,Barman A

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：: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: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 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:To use the self-determination theory of motivation to investigate whether different forms of motivation were associated with adults' decisions whether or not to adopt hearing aids. DESIGN:A quantitative approach was used in this cohort study. Participants completed the treatment self-regulation questionnaire...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Ridgway J,Hickson L,Lind C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cochlear implantation trauma causes both macroscopic and inflammatory trauma. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the TNF-alpha inhibitor etanercept applied after cochlear implantation trauma on the preservation of acoustic hearing. DESIGN:Guinea pigs were randomly assigned to t...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Ihler F,Pelz S,Coors M,Matthias C,Canis M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Working memory refers to a cognitive system that manages information processing and temporary storage. Recent work has demonstrated that individual differences in working memory capacity measured using a reading span task are related to ability to recognize speech in noise. In this project, we investigated wh...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Souza P,Arehart K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-ear measurements using the modified pressure method with concurrent (real-time) equalization can be inaccurate, when amplified sound leaks out of the ear canal and reaches the reference microphone. In such situations the reference microphone will detect an increased sound level and reduce the output of the loudsp...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Lantz J,Jensen OD,Haastrup A,Olsen SØ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This document describes the protocol for the provision of amplification to infants and preschool children registered with the Ontario infant hearing program (OIHP) in Canada. The provision of amplification includes the prescription and dispensing of hearing instruments to infants and preschool children identified with...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Bagatto M,Scollie SD,Hyde M,Seewald R

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Tympanometry using 226 Hz, 678 Hz, and 1000 Hz probe tones was undertaken on two groups of babies, age 2 to 21 weeks. A group of 104 babies with normal ABR thresholds or TEOAEs were compared with a second group of 107 babies who had evidence of temporary conductive hearing loss based on the findings of a test battery,...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Baldwin M

更新日期：2006-07-01 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: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：:Objective: To adapt the Active Communication Education (ACE) programme into Spanish. In addition, this study aimed at determining the effects of the adapted ACE programme on the social/emotional impacts of hearing loss and hearing functioning in a group of older adults with hearing loss who do not wear hearing aids.De...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Rivera S,Marcotti A,Fuente A,Fuentes-López E,Hickson L

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：: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：: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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated how closely the DSL v5.0 a prescription could be approximated with hearing aids, its relationship to preferred listening levels (PLLs) of adults with acquired hearing loss, and the self-reported outcomes of the resulting fittings. PARTICIPANTS:Thirty adults with varying degrees and...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Polonenko MJ,Scollie SD,Moodie S,Seewald RC,Laurnagaray D,Shantz J,Richards A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new questionnaire, developed to investigate self-reported hearing difficulties in unilateral deafness, was completed by 221 post-surgical vestibular schwannoma patients. Results were compared to a group of 51 normal hearers and 12 patients with severe unilateral deafness from other causes. The vestibular schwannoma ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： McLeod B,Upfold L,Taylor A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine safe output sound pressure levels (SPL) for sound amplification devices to preserve hearing sensitivity after usage. DESIGN:A mathematical model consisting of the Modified Power Law (MPL) (Humes & Jesteadt, 1991 ) combined with equations for predicting temporary threshold shift (TTS) and subsequ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Johnson EE

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Tinnitus is poorly reflected by audiometric (cochlear) data, indicating that central nervous system (CNS) components are involved in its development. This study aimed to provide support for the neurophysiological theory of tinnitus as a result of combined peripheral and central nervous dysfunctions. Our main findings ...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Attias J,Reshef I,Shemesh Z,Salomon G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implantation is effective at restoring partial hearing to profoundly deaf adults, but not all patients receive equal benefit. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a computer-based self-administered training package that was designed to improve speech perception among adults who had used cochlear i...

journal_title：International journal of audiology

authors： Stacey PC,Raine CH,O'Donoghue GM,Tapper L,Twomey T,Summerfield AQ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00