The impact of measurement goals on the design specification for outcome measures.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The most commonly employed speech processing strategies in cochlear implants (CIs) only extract and encode amplitude modulation (AM) in a limited number of frequency channels. proposed a novel speech processing strategy that encodes both frequency modulation (FM) and AM to improve CI performance. Using behav...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Suresh CH,Krishnan A,Luo X

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between noise exposure history, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), and suprathreshold measures of auditory function. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study was conducted; 20 normal-hearing participants without type 1 DM were matched on age and sex to 20 normal-h...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Spankovich C,Le Prell CG,Lobarinas E,Hood LJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The first objective was to examine factors that could be predictive of postoperative unilateral (cochlear implant alone) speech recognition ability in a group of subjects with greater degrees of preoperative acoustic hearing than has been previously examined. Second, the study aimed to identify factors predi...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Plant K,McDermott H,van Hoesel R,Dawson P,Cowan R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to review the literature regarding human noise-induced permanent threshold shift and to determine whether the observed data agreed with the predictions of two different exchange rates (ERs). DESIGN:An initial list of possibly relevant studies included those cited by authors who endo...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dobie RA,Clark WW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews research on the relatively recently discovered event-related potential component, the mismatch negativity (MMN), which is of great potential interest for understanding central auditory function and various forms of its pathology. This change-specific response can serve as an accurate objective mea...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Näätänen R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to characterize the effects of presentation level on speech recognition in quiet by cochlear implant users with the Nucleus 22 SPEAK and Clarion v1.2 CIS speech-processing strategies, and to relate speech recognition at low presentation levels to stimulus audibility as measur...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Donaldson GS,Allen SL

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Normalizing perceived loudness is an important rationale for gain adjustments in hearing aids. It has been demonstrated that gains required for restoring normal loudness perception for monaural narrowband signals can lead to higher-than-normal loudness in listeners with hearing loss, particularly for binaura...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Oetting D,Hohmann V,Appell JE,Kollmeier B,Ewert SD

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In hearing aid research, it is commonplace to combine data across subjects whose hearing aids were provided in different service delivery models. There is reason to question whether these types of patients are always similar enough to justify this practice. To explore this matter, this investigation evaluated...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Cox RM,Alexander GC,Gray GA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether older adults can use voice information to unmask speech. DESIGN:Under a voice-priming condition, before a target-speech sentence was presented with a noise or speech masker, one or two voice-priming sentences were recited with the same voice reciting the target sentence. Eighteen young...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Huang Y,Xu L,Wu X,Li L

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Coupler output levels were obtained for six repeated placements of a TDH-49 earphone in a P/N 51 cushion on a NBS 9A coupler and a B-71 and B-72 bone vibrator on a mechanical coupler from 250 to 4000 Hz using experienced (N = 9) and untrained subjects (N = 9) who were later trained. The largest minus the smallest coup...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Frank T,Chaffinch JO,Svitko CS

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the applicability of the self-report inventory, Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL), at 2 wk postfitting. DESIGN:The SADL was completed by two groups of hearing aid users, one fitted 2 wk before completion, the other at least 1 yr before. All SADLs were completed as a paper an...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McLeod B,Upfold L,Broadbent C

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preliminary evidence suggests that children with hearing loss experience elevated levels of chronic fatigue compared with children with normal hearing. Chronic fatigue is associated with decreased academic performance in many clinical populations. Children with cochlear implants as a group exhibit deficits i...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Werfel KL,Hendricks AE

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:1) To describe distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) test performance when a priori response criteria are applied to a large set of DPOAE data. 2) To describe DPOAE test performance when multifrequency definitions of auditory function are used. 3) To determine DPOAE test performance when a single d...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gorga MP,Neely ST,Dorn PA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study linguistic context effects on speech perception by prelingually (N = 10) and postlingually (N = 10) hearing-impaired Hebrew-speaking adolescents and adults. DESIGN:Participants were cochlear implant surgery candidates with profound sensorineural hearing loss (95 dB HL+). Four levels of speech percep...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Most T,Adi-Bensaid L

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of tinnitus that burdens the health service in England. DESIGN:This was an observational study of 4.7 million residents of England under 85 years of age who were at risk for developing clinically significant tinnitus (sigT). SigT was defined by a discharge from hospital with a pr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Martinez C,Wallenhorst C,McFerran D,Hall DA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of number of channels and speech-to-noise ratio on connected discourse tracking (CDT) through simulations of cochlear implant speech processing. Previous studies have used citation-form vowel and consonant materials or simple sentences. CDT rates were expected to be less likely to b...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Faulkner A,Rosen S,Wilkinson L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments evaluated steady state and transient auditory evoked potentials (EPs) to tones that were sinusoidally modulated in frequency and to tones that alternated between two frequencies with a linear ramp. The steady state responses to sinusoidal FM were small and difficult to record at both the first and se...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Maiste A,Picton T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cases illustrating potential pitfalls in neurotologic diagnosis from the viewpoint of the otologist are presented. The role of auditory brain stem response testing is specifically emphasized in cases with discordant audiologic and radiographic findings. Included are one case of a "false negative" ABR in a pati...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Telian SA,Kileny PR

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study completed an evidence-based practice systematic review of the nonacoustic benefits for adult patients receiving bone-anchored hearing aid(s) (BAHAs) relative to other forms of amplification (i.e., none, bone-conduction hearing aids [BCHAs], or air-conduction hearing aids [ACHAs]). DESIGN:Systemati...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Johnson CE,Danhauer JL,Reith AC,Latiolais LN

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association between hearing impairment and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in an older population, using the self-administered 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). DESIGN:Participants of the Blue Mountains Hearing Study (BMHS, N = 2956) attended a comprehensive interview and hearin...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Chia EM,Wang JJ,Rochtchina E,Cumming RR,Newall P,Mitchell P

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preference for hearing aid frequency-gain responses selected using the modified simplex procedure over that prescribed by NAL-R is not universal. A screening protocol used before individualized fitting may help streamline its use and ensure effective use of clinical time. In this protocol, listeners compare the pr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kuk FK

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The first objective of this study was to compare the predicted audiometric thresholds obtained by auditory steady state response (ASSR) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) in infants and toddlers when both techniques use optimal stimuli and detection algorithms. This information will aid in determining the...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Sininger YS,Hunter LL,Hayes D,Roush PA,Uhler KM

更新日期：2018-11-01 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 main objective was to investigate whether the broadening and narrowing of formant bandwidths had a significant effect on the identification of vowels often confused by Nucleus cochlear implant recipients using the Spectral Peak (SPEAK) speech coding strategy. Specifically, identification performance for s...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hawks JW,Fourakis MS,Skinner MW,Holden TA,Holden LK

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of artifacts on the impulse and response recordings with the video head impulse test (VHIT) and determine how many stimuli are necessary for obtaining acceptably efficient measurements. METHODS:One hundred fifty patients were examined using VHIT and their registries searched for artifa...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Trinidad-Ruiz G,Rey-Martinez J,Matiño-Soler E,Batuecas-Caletrio A,Martin-Sanz E,Perez-Fernandez N

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the effects of reference microphone location on probe tube microphone measures of hearing aid response. The reference microphone of a clinical probe tube microphone system was located either at a position on the cheek (position A) or in close proximity to the microphone of...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Feigin JA,Barlow NL,Stelmachowicz PG

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Growing evidence suggests that children who are deaf and use cochlear implants (CIs) can communicate effectively using spoken language. Research has reported that age of implantation and length of experience with the CI play an important role in a predicting a child's linguistic development. In recent years,...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hess C,Zettler-Greeley C,Godar SP,Ellis-Weismer S,Litovsky RY

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study shows how population-based estimates of the prevalence of unilateral hearing loss (UHL) in children aged 6 to 19 yrs can differ considerably with various applications of commonly accepted case definitions. It also examines demographic variables and risk factors related to UHL. DESIGN:The Third Na...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Ross DS,Visser SN,Holstrum WJ,Qin T,Kenneson A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00