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

abstract：:The purpose of this report is to describe the speech production of children participating in the Food and Drug Administration's approved clinical trials for the Nucleus multichannel cochlear implant. A significant increase in the ability to imitate nonsegmental aspects of speech was noted after using the implant; howe...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Tobey EA,Hasenstab S

更新日期：1991-08-01 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:Previous studies strongly suggest that declines in auditory threshold can lead to impaired cognition. The aim of this study was to expand that picture by investigating how the relationships between age, auditory function, and cognitive function vary with the types of auditory and cognitive function considere...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Danielsson H,Humes LE,Rönnberg J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several scales exist for screening handicap and assessing rehabilitation in elderly individuals with hearing loss. There are few comparative studies, however, to suggest which scales perform best. Using receiver-operating curves and responsiveness indices, we examined the relative discriminating ability and sensitivit...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Mulrow CD,Tuley MR,Aguilar C

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study of two groups of tinnitus patients was conducted in an attempt to evaluate the tinnitus masking program. Results are discussed separately for a group of patients seen during the first three years of the program (1976 through 1978) and during the last year (1979). These results suggest an improvement ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Schleuning AJ,Johnson RM,Vernon JA

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The test-retest reliability of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) was assessed on a sample of 28 hearing-impaired adults. Reliability estimates were obtained to set the stage for using the HHIA as an outcome measure in aural rehabilitation. The test-retest reliability was quite high (r = 0.97) and the st...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Newman CW,Weinstein BE,Jacobson GP,Hug GA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between otitis media with effusion (OME) at preschool age and performance on five tests of auditory perception was studied in 89 school-age children who had OME histories well documented from participation in serial screening for OME at 2-4 yr of age. The tests used at 7.5-8 yr of age were: speech-in-...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Schilder AG,Snik AF,Straatman H,van den Broek P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although it has been well established that the prevalence of and severity of hearing loss increase with age, the contribution of familial factors to age-related hearing loss cannot be quantified. This is largely because hearing loss in older people has both genetic and environmental contributions. As environ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McMahon CM,Kifley A,Rochtchina E,Newall P,Mitchell P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Children with hearing loss (HL) are known to have smaller receptive vocabularies than children with normal hearing (NH). This may be due, in part, of their reduced exposure to new words and their slower rate of word learning. A necessary prerequisite to lexical development is the detection of new words in conve...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pittman AL,Schuett BC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although previous research indicates that cognitive skills influence benefit from different types of hearing aid algorithms, comparatively little is known about the role of, and potential interaction with, hearing loss. This holds true especially for noise reduction (NR) processing. The purpose of the presen...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Neher T,Grimm G,Hohmann V,Kollmeier B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighty-four deaf children were presented auditory, visual (speechreading), and combined stimuli. Some subjects showed an enhancement of their processing abilities in the combined mode, some demonstrated no improvement, and others yielded reduced scores. A method of data analysis is proposed which could con...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Holmes DW,Groccia B,Johnson K,Green W

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study tested the hypothesis that undetected peripheral hearing impairment occurs in children with idiopathic listening difficulties (LiDs), as reported by caregivers using the Evaluation of Children"s Listening and Processing Skills (ECLiPS) validated questionnaire, compared with children with typically...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hunter LL,Blankenship CM,Lin L,Sloat NT,Perdew A,Stewart H,Moore DR

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether unique consonant recognition and confusion patterns are associated with hearing loss among elderly listeners. Subjects were all greater than 65 years, and had normal hearing, or gradually or sharply sloping sensorineural hearing losses. Recognition of 19 consonants, paired with each of ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gordon-Salant S

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether tympanic membrane (TM) electrodes induce behavioral pure-tone threshold shifts. DESIGN:Pure-tone thresholds (250 to 8000 Hz) were measured twice in test (n = 18) and control (n = 10) groups. TM electrodes were placed between first and second threshold measurements in the test group, wher...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Smith SB,Lichtenhan J,Cone B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main objective of this study was to assess the correlation of auditory event related potential (ERP) measures with behavioral assessment data to identify if ERPs including mismatch negativity (MMN) can be used to categorize cochlear implant patients into good and poor performers. DESIGN:We investigated a...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Singh S,Liasis A,Rajput K,Towell A,Luxon L

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients suffering from vestibular disorders (VD) often present with impairments in cognitive domains such as visuospatial ability, memory, executive function, attention, and processing speed. These symptoms can be attributed to extensive vestibular projections throughout the cerebral cortex and subcortex on...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Danneels M,Van Hecke R,Keppler H,Degeest S,Cambier D,van de Berg R,Van Rompaey V,Maes L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was regarding sensory and cognitive interactions in older adults published since 2009, the approximate date of the most recent reviews on this topic. After an electronic database search of articles published in English since 2009 on measures of hearing and cognition or vision and cognition ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Humes LE,Young LA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Current Joint Committee on Infant Hearing guidelines recommend the use of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) as a screening tool to identify hearing loss for newborns cared for in the well-baby nursery. Newborns who do not pass the TEOAE screen before leaving the hospital are typically rescreened...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Prieve BA,Hancur-Bucci CA,Preston JL

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary purpose of this study was to determine the distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) and noise response characteristics in a large sample of older adults. Another purpose was to evaluate how specific absolute DPOAE levels or DPOAE/Noise ratios differentiated hearing status in these individua...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Torre P 3rd,Cruickshanks KJ,Nondahl DM,Wiley TL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This systematic review aimed to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of vestibular adverse effects of aminoglycoside (AG) therapy in humans and to analyze objective vestibular tests for the detection of AG-induced vestibulotoxicity. DESIGN:PubMed, Cochrane Database, Web of Science, and reference l...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Van Hecke R,Van Rompaey V,Wuyts FL,Leyssens L,Maes L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the sound-source localization, discrimination, and tracking performance of bilateral cochlear implant users with omnidirectional (OMNI) and pinna-imitating (PI) microphone directionality modes. DESIGN:Twelve experienced bilateral cochlear implant users participated in the study. Their audio proce...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Fischer T,Schmid C,Kompis M,Mantokoudis G,Caversaccio M,Wimmer W

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined joint engagement and emotional availability of parent-child interactions for toddlers with moderate hearing loss (MHL) compared with toddlers with normal hearing (NH) and in relation to children's language abilities. DESIGN:The participants in this study were 25 children with MHL (40 to ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dirks E,Rieffe C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:During the earlier years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, initial reports described sensorineural hearing loss in up to 49% of individuals with HIV/AIDS. During those years, patients commonly progressed to advanced stages of HIV disease and frequently had neurological complications. However, the abnormalities on pu...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Luque AE,Orlando MS,Leong UC,Allen PD,Guido JJ,Yang H,Wu H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report results on a cued-listening task designed to simulate the listening problems commonly described by individuals with sensorineural hearing loss, especially those experienced by elderly persons. Against a background of multitalker babble, the subject detected targets embedded in continuous discourse. Noncohere...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Jerger J,Jordan C

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between two dichotic listening tasks was studied. The two dichotic tests used were the Staggered Spondaic Word (SSW) test and the directed Dichotic Consonant-Vowel (CV) test. These measures were administered to 104 children between the ages of 6.0 and 8.0 yrs. The subjects were divided into two groups...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Harris VL,Keith RW,Novak KK

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the maximum stimulus levels at which a measured auditory steady-state response (ASSR) can be assumed to be a reliable measure of auditory thresholds. DESIGN:ASSR thresholds were measured at octave frequencies from 500 to 4000 Hz in 10 subjects with profound hearing loss. These subjects provided ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gorga MP,Neely ST,Hoover BM,Dierking DM,Beauchaine KL,Manning C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The active middle ear implant Vibrant Soundbridge® was originally designed to treat mild-to-severe sensorineural hearing losses. The floating mass transducer (FMT) is crimped onto the long incus process. The procedure is termed incus vibroplasty to distinguish from other attachment sites or stimulus modi for...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Mlynski R,Dalhoff E,Heyd A,Wildenstein D,Hagen R,Gummer AW,Schraven SP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to remove cochlear implants from children and subsequently reimplant a more complex device in the same ear was the concern of this single case study. A postlinguistically deafened child, J.L., received a single-channel cochlear implant 1 yr after contracting meningitis and suffering a profound bilateral se...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Chute PM,Hellman SA,Parisier SC,Tartter VC,Economou A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of aural acoustic immittance measures and validated pneumatic otoscopy to identify middle ear effusion (MEE) was determined for a group of children with chronic or recurrent otitis media. The measures were made immediately prior to surgery for placement of tympanostomy tubes, with the validating diagnosis ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Nozza RJ,Bluestone CD,Kardatzke D,Bachman R

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The first aim of the present study was to determine the change in speech recognition in noise over a period of 5 years in participants ages 18 to 70 years at baseline. The second aim was to investigate whether age, gender, educational level, the level of initial speech recognition in noise, and reported chro...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Stam M,Smits C,Twisk JW,Lemke U,Festen JM,Kramer SE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00