Introduction to the Special Issue: Select Papers From the Hearing Across the Lifespan (HEAL) 2018 Conference.

abstract：Purpose:The Turkish Digit Triplet Test for hearing self-screening purposes and the Turkish Matrix Test (TURMatrix) for follow-up hearing diagnostics offer an automated closed-set response format where patients respond by choosing from response alternatives. Their applicability for testing Turkish-speaking patients in t...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Zokoll MA,Wagener KC,Kollmeier B

更新日期：2017-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specifies maximum permissible ambient noise levels (MPANLs) allowed in an audiometric test room to ensure that hearing thresholds obtained down to 0-dB HL will not be elevated due to masking by ambient noise. MPANLs were originally specified in 1960 and have been revise...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Frank T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether specific sentence recognition assessments were sensitive enough to serve as objective outcome measurements that document subjective improvements in speech understanding with hearing aids. METHOD:The Revised Speech Perception in Noise test (R-SPIN; R. C. Bilger, J. M. Nuetzel, W. M. Rabinow...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Mendel LL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The consequences of hearing loss hinder the everyday life of older adults and are associated with reduced well-being. The research aim was to explore the influence of hearing problems, various coping strategies, and perceived social support on quality of life. Method:Sixty-five older adults with age-related he...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Moser S,Luxenberger W,Freidl W

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Hearing loss is a common impairment of the human senses with an estimated 48 million American adults reporting some trouble hearing; however, access to hearing health care is limited. Detection of hearing loss through a mobile, handheld tool can provide an important access point and potentially expedited acces...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Koleilat A,Argue DP,Schimmenti LA,Ekker SC,Poling GL

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many of the papers at this congress were reiterations of previous work, or at least variations on the same theme, there were a number of new and exciting findings. Examples of these were the papers on the role of cochlear efferents in noise-induced hearing loss by the French researchers Pujol and Puel, the wo...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Suter AH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this article is to introduce the special research forum on sensory-processing changes in middle-aged adults. METHOD:This is a brief written introduction to the special session, which included five presentations, each emphasizing a slightly different aspect of sensory perception. CONCLUSION:The ...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Humes LE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose Motion sickness (MS) is a common condition that affects millions of individuals. Although the condition is common and can be debilitating, little research has focused on the vestibular function associated with susceptibility to MS. One causal theory of MS is an asymmetry of vestibular function within or betwee...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Fowler CG,Dallapiazza M,Hadsell KT

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the emotional tone and verbal behavior of social media users who self-identified as having tinnitus and/or hyperacusis that caused self-described negative consequences on daily life or health. Research Design and Method An explanatory mixed-methods design was utilized....

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Kimball SH,Hamilton T,Benear E,Baldwin J

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose This study aimed to investigate the reliability of 3 methods to measure contralateral suppression of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) in children and adults. Method Contralateral suppression of TEOAEs was measured in 14 adults and 14 children using 3 methods with and without contralateral acoust...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Swamy SP,Yathiraj A

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The aim of the study was to evaluate the evidence of clinical utility for dichotic speech tests of binaural integration used to assess auditory processing in English-speaking children 6-14 years old. Method:Dichotic speech test recordings and pertinent research studies were identified from iterative searches o...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Kelley KS,Littenberg B

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of audiology involvement and other factors associated with failure to follow through from the initial hearing screening to the second outpatient screen. Method:Linear regression, logistical regression, and descriptive analyses were used across demographic a...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Thomson V,Yoshinaga-Itano C

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the rate of deafness gene mutations in the Foshan area of South China. Method We enrolled the infants delivered in Foshan Maternity and Children's Healthcare Hospital. Deafness gene mutation was detected by HibriMax method. Our study tested 47,538 newborns within 3 days a...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Cao S,Sha Y,Ke P,Li T,Yuan W,Huang X

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study assessed if 6- to 8-year-old children benefit from a language mismatch between target and masker speech for sentence recognition in a 2-talker masker. METHOD:English sentence recognition was evaluated for English monolingual children (ages 6-8 years, n = 15) and adults (n = 15) in an English 2-talke...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Calandruccio L,Leibold LJ,Buss E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine which level-dependent hearing aid digital signal-processing strategy (DSP) participants preferred when listening to music and/or performing a speech-in-noise task. METHOD:Two receiver-in-the-ear hearing aids were compared: one using 32-channel adaptive dynamic range optim...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Higgins P,Searchfield G,Coad G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose This study examined the current pediatric amplification practice with an emphasis on hearing aid verification using probe microphone measurement (PMM), among audiologists in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Frequency of practice, access to PMM system, practiced protocols, barriers, and perception toward the benefits of...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Amri NA,Quar TK,Chong FY

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate real-life benefit from directional microphone and noise reduction ("noise management" [NM]) processing using retrospective self-reports and smartphone-based ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) combined with logging of the acoustic environments. Method A single-b...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Andersson KE,Andersen LS,Christensen JH,Neher T

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of personal amplifiers have recently become available commercially. These devices have not been classified as hearing aids by the FDA and are therefore not subject to the FDA rules and regulations governing the sales of hearing aid devices. In this investigation, several of these personal amplifiers wer...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Dempsey JJ,Ross M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study investigated the influence of voice onset time (VOT) on the perception of consonant-vowel (CV) signals during a dichotic listening (DL) task. Method:Sixty-two young adults with normal hearing were tested with the English language version of the Hugdahl Dichotic CV (DCV) Test. They were asked to iden...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Moncrieff D,Dubyne L

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The objectives of this study were to determine efficacy of hearing aids in older adults using audiology best practices, to evaluate the efficacy of an alternative over-the-counter (OTC) intervention, and to examine the influence of purchase price on outcomes for both service-delivery models. Design:The desi...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Humes LE,Rogers SE,Quigley TM,Main AK,Kinney DL,Herring C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our objective was to identify activities that influence tinnitus and to determine if conditional probabilities exist among such variables. METHOD:Two hundred fifty-eight patients were asked the following two questions: "When you have your tinnitus, which of the following makes it worse?" and "Which of the foll...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Pan T,Tyler RS,Ji H,Coelho C,Gogel SA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Callier Center offers a wide variety of services for those with communication disorders, as well as programs for research and academic training. Bringing together clinical and research specialists from a variety of related disciplines, Callier affords an unusual opportunity for interdisciplinary clinical programs,...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Roeser RJ,Wilson PL,Musket CH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which intervention with hearing aids, namely, a 6-week hearing aid field trial, can minimize the psychosocial consequences of hearing loss in adults who have previously not sought treatment for their hearing loss. Method:Twenty-four adults with mild to mode...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Desjardins JL,Doherty KA

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The authors aimed to determine the predictability of speech intelligibility of people with different degrees of hearing loss from audibility and other factors. METHOD:After a brief overview of why people with hearing loss have greater difficulty in understanding speech than people with normal hearing, the auth...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Ching TY,Dillon H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the changes over time of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ; Tyler, Perreau, & Ji, 2009) and the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ; Gatehouse & Noble, 2004) in adults with simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants by collecting data for 2 year...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Zhang J,Tyler R,Ji H,Dunn C,Wang N,Hansen M,Gantz B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Florida on-campus AuD program is described. To date, 63 students have been enrolled in this program. Sixteen doctoral-level audiology faculty teach in this program, either in the classroom or clinically. Coursework spans all areas included in the audiology scope of practice. The curriculum also has c...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Holmes AE,Griffiths SK

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this research note is to identify and prioritize diseases important for detection in adult hearing health care delivery systems. METHOD:Through literature review and expert consultation, the authors identified 195 diseases likely to occur in adults complaining of hearing loss. Five neurotologist...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Kleindienst SJ,Dhar S,Nielsen DW,Griffith JW,Lundy LB,Driscoll C,Neff B,Beatty C,Barrs D,Zapala DA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, the authors examined the effects of aging and residual hearing on the identification of acoustically similar and dissimilar vowels in adults with postlingual deafness who use hearing aids (HAs) and/or cochlear implants (CIs). METHOD:The authors used two groups of acoustically similar and dissimi...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Hay-McCutcheon MJ,Peterson NR,Rosado CA,Pisoni DB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The aim of this study was to determine how a large metropolitan children's hospital's practices align with the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) 1-3-6 guidelines (diagnose hearing loss by 3 months of age, fitted with hearing aids within 1 month of diagnosis, and enroll in early intervention by 6 months ...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Awad R,Oropeza J,Uhler KM

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:As more adult and child immigrants enter the United States each year, there is a high likelihood that the prevalence of childhood hearing loss in the United States is underestimated, given estimations of the number of immigrant children entering the country with hearing loss. METHOD:Information was collected u...

journal_title：American journal of audiology

authors： Pape L,Kennedy K,Kaf W,Zahirsha Z

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00