Objective calibration of bone conductors using otoacoustic emissions.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure benefit in terms of speech recognition in quiet and in noise, and conservation of residual hearing in three groups of subjects implanted with the Nucleus Straight Research Array cochlear implant. This device incorporates the Nucleus Slim Straight electrode carrier designed to be easier to insert i...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Skarzynski H,Lorens A,Matusiak M,Porowski M,Skarzynski PH,James CJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulism poisoning results in a presynaptic failure of neuromuscular transmission, and may be expected to impair Eustachian tube and stapedius reflex function. The audiologic findings in five normal-hearing patients with type A botulism poisoning are presented. Results were varied. Two patients demonstrated type B or ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pijl S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although the spectrally degraded input provided by cochlear implants (CIs) is sufficient for speech perception in quiet, it poses problems for talker identification. The present study examined the ability of normally hearing (NH) children and child CI users to recognize cartoon voices while listening to spec...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： van Heugten M,Volkova A,Trehub SE,Schellenberg EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purposes of this study were to (a) examine the accuracy of cochlear implant recipients who use different types of devices and signal processing strategies on pitch ranking as a function of size of interval and frequency range and (b) to examine the relations between this pitch perception measure and demog...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gfeller K,Turner C,Oleson J,Zhang X,Gantz B,Froman R,Olszewski C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether (1) the auditory N1 component can be elicited to gaps in continuous narrowband noises, (2) psychophysical and electrophysiological gap thresholds (PGTs and EGTs) are similar to one another, and (3) EGTs are the same for all narrowband noise center frequencies. DESIGN:PGTs and EGTs were ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Atcherson SR,Gould HJ,Mendel MI,Ethington CA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cochlear implantation (CI) in subjects with unilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss was investigated. The authors of the present study demonstrated the binaural auditory outcomes in a 12- and 36-month prospective cohort outcome study. The present study aimed to do a long-term (LT) evaluation of the ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Mertens G,De Bodt M,Van de Heyning P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the ability of single-sided deaf listeners implanted with a cochlear implant (SSD-CI) to (1) determine the front-back and left-right location of sound sources presented from loudspeakers surrounding the listener and (2) use small head rotations to further improve their localization performanc...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pastore MT,Natale SJ,Clayton C,Dorman MF,Yost WA,Zhou Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course for reacquisition of spondee word recognition was examined for 27 patients who use the Ineraid cochlear implant. At 1 month postfitting, test scores ranged from 0 to 84% correct. The median score was 10% correct. At 22 to 28 months postfitting, the scores ranged from 0 to 100% correct. The median score...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dorman MF,Dankowski K,McCandless G,Parkin JL,Smith L

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the middle ear dynamic characteristics in patients with otosclerosis using the sweep frequency impedance meter (SFI test) and conventional tympanometry, and also to evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the SFI test for otosclerosis. DESIGN:The study was designed to collect a total of 25 (36 e...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Zhao F,Wada H,Koike T,Ohyama K,Kawase T,Stephens D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification errors for initial consonants of consonants-vowels-consonants-vowels from lists A and B of the Nonsense Syllable Test were analyzed for 10 normal-hearing and 8 sensorineural hearing-impaired listeners. The Nonsense Syllable Test stimuli were presented binaurally through earphones at 6 increasing sensati...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Doyle KJ,Danhauer JL,Edgerton BJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main objective was to investigate age-related differences on the listening in spatialized noise-sentences (LiSN-S) test in adults with normal audiometric thresholds in most of the speech range. A second objective was to examine the contributions of auditory, cognitive, and linguistic abilities to LiSN-S ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Besser J,Festen JM,Goverts ST,Kramer SE,Pichora-Fuller MK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the performance of cochlear implant patients and normal-hearing subjects on a musical interval labeling task, and to determine whether information regarding musical interval size is available to cochlear implant patients under realistic everyday listening conditions. DESIGN:Two Nucleus cochlear im...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pijl S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies were performed in which hearing-impaired subjects responded to the Connected Speech Test (CST). In experiment 1, 40 subjects, divided into four groups according to extent and configuration of hearing loss, responded to the CST version 1 (CSTv1). This version of the test consisted of 57 passages of connecte...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Cox RM,Alexander GC,Gilmore C,Pusakulich KM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study was designed to assess the effects of noise on the intelligibility of speech elements used in the Callsign Acquisition Test (CAT), developed by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The CAT consists of 126 test items, or callsigns, each of which is made up of a two-syllable word selected from the 18-it...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Rao MD,Letowski T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cochlear reflectance (CR) is the cochlear contribution to ear-canal reflectance. CR is a type of otoacoustic emission (OAE) that is calculated as a transfer function between forward pressure and reflected pressure. The purpose of this study was to compare wideband CR to distortion-product (DP) OAEs in two wa...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Neely ST,Fultz SE,Kopun JG,Lenzen NM,Rasetshwane DM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The level-dependent growth of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) provides an indirect metric of cochlear compressive nonlinearity. Recent evidence suggests that aging reduces nonlinear distortion emissions more than those associated with linear reflection. Therefore, in this study, we generate...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Ortmann AJ,Abdala C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies have documented the benefits of bimodal hearing as compared with a cochlear implant alone, but most have focused on the importance of bottom-up, low-frequency cues. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of top-down processing in bimodal hearing by measuring the effect of ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Oh SH,Donaldson GS,Kong YY

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A fundamental problem in the study of human spoken word recognition concerns the structural relations among the sound patterns of words in memory and the effects these relations have on spoken word recognition. In the present investigation, computational and experimental methods were employed to address a num...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Luce PA,Pisoni DB

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Here, we evaluate the risks of amplified music for disc-jockeys (DJs) working in nightclubs. DESIGN:Sound level measurements were performed within the DJ mixing booths. A questionnaire was used to obtain exposure to noise and length of time in the profession. Audiograms and tinnitus pitch matching was also ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Potier M,Hoquet C,Lloyd R,Nicolas-Puel C,Uziel A,Puel JL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Speech intelligibility is strongly influenced by the ability to process temporal modulations. It is hypothesized that in dyslexia, deficient processing of rapidly changing auditory information underlies a deficient development of phonological representations, causing reading and spelling problems. Low-freque...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Poelmans H,Luts H,Vandermosten M,Boets B,Ghesquière P,Wouters J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient-wearable, single-electrode cochlear implant was first used by a patient in 1972 at the House Ear Institute. Since early 1982, a redesigned version of this system has been in clinical use. This new system, called the 3M House cochlear implant system, consists of an implanted receiver and a patient-worn signal...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Fretz RJ,Fravel RP

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based and a laboratory-based localization training program. DESIGN:This study examined the effectiveness of a localization training program on improving the localization ability of 15 participants with a mild-to-moderately severe hearing loss. These participants had wo...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kuk F,Keenan DM,Lau C,Crose B,Schumacher J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) has become a diagnostic tool to evaluate the integrity of sacculo-collic reflex. To obtain a more consistent VEMP response in normal-hearing subjects, we examine whether clicks or short tone bursts are more effective in eliciting VEMP responses. DESIGN:Prospective ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Cheng PW,Huang TW,Young YH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research has demonstrated the feasibility of programming cochlear implants (CIs) via telepractice. To effectively use telepractice in a comprehensive manner, all components of a clinical CI visit should be validated using remote technology. Speech-perception testing is important for monitoring outco...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Sevier JD,Choi S,Hughes ML

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to analyze distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) level and signal to noise ratio in a group of infants from birth to 4 months of age to optimize prediction of hearing status. DPOAEs from infants with normal hearing (NH) and hearing loss (HL) were used to predict the pr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Blankenship CM,Hunter LL,Keefe DH,Feeney MP,Brown DK,McCune A,Fitzpatrick DF,Lin L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A correlation of hearing deficits and enamel defects was investigated in 18 children presenting to a pediatric neurology service for hearing evaluation. Eleven had enamel defects. Five had defects consistent with a systemic insult occurring as early as 14 weeks gestation, two between 29 to 33 weeks gestation, and four...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Murray GS,Johnsen DC

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors undertook a review of the literature, focussing on publications describing the following: (1) Pure tone threshold data for adolescents/young adults; (2) Measurements/estimates of noise exposure from leisure activities; and (3) The relationship between hearing threshold levels (HTLs) and leisure-noise expos...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Carter L,Williams W,Black D,Bundy A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the phases of auditory steady state responses (ASSRs) evoked by exponentially amplitude-modulated (AM) tones in 44 newborn infants (within 3 days of birth) and in 15 older infants (within 3 to 15 wks of birth). Our hypothesis was that the phases of the ASSRs would show orderly changes wit...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Choi JM,Purcell DW,John MS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With broadening candidacy criteria for cochlear implantation, a greater number of pediatric candidates have usable residual hearing in their nonimplanted ears. This population potentially stands to benefit from continued use of conventional amplification in their nonimplanted ears. The purposes of this invest...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Holt RF,Kirk KI,Eisenberg LS,Martinez AS,Campbell W

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing conservation programs (HCPs) mandated by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cost about $350/worker/year. Are they cost-effective? A cross-sectional model of the US adult population with and without HCPs incorporates (1) the American Medical Association's method for estimating binaural ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dobie RA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00