Detectability of transient and sinusoidal otoacoustic emissions.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report population-based prevalence of hearing impairment based on speech recognition in noise testing in a large and inclusive sample of U.K. adults aged 40 to 69 years. The present study is the first to report such data. Prevalence of tinnitus and use of hearing aids is also reported. DESIGN:The researc...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dawes P,Fortnum H,Moore DR,Emsley R,Norman P,Cruickshanks K,Davis A,Edmondson-Jones M,McCormack A,Lutman M,Munro K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of auditory brain stem response (ABR) represents a new dimension in auditory and neurological pediatric assessment. Because the ABR may be altered by stimulus and procedural variables, the lack of an established standard has reduced its clinical efficiency. This paper describes a suggested ABR protocol for inf...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Jacobson JT,Morehouse CR,Johnson MJ

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

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：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：:Acoustic reflex thresholds (ARTs) at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz from 1833 ears were subjected to multiple linear regression analyses using a stepwise inclusion model to determine the effects of hearing losses in the 500- to 4000-Hz range for each of the activators. Although statistically significant regression equations w...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gelfand SA,Piper N

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate streamlined programming procedures for the Nucleus cochlear implant system with the Contour electrode array. DESIGN:Phase 1 involved an examination of the clinical MAPs for the first 103 recipients implanted with the Contour electrode array in the Melbourne Cochlea...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Plant K,Law MA,Whitford L,Knight M,Tari S,Leigh J,Pedley K,Nel E

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lexical tone information provides redundant cues for the recognition of Mandarin sentences in listeners with normal hearing in quiet conditions. The contribution of lexical tones to Mandarin sentence recognition in listeners with hearing aids (HAs) is unclear. This study aimed to remove lexical tone informat...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Chen Y,Wong LLN,Qian J,Kuehnel V,Christina Voss S,Chen F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired comparison perception and preference judgments of hearing aid processed music were examined under conditions of extended and reduced high and low-frequency ranges. The performance of 20 subjects with mild to moderate hearing impairment was compared with an equal number of normal hearing controls. Subjects with ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Franks JR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ipsilaterally and contralaterally recorded auditory brain stem responses to 80 dB nHL clicks were recorded from 37 infants, aged 2 weeks to 20 mo and from six adults, all with normal auditory function. With increasing age, contralateral waves A, B, C, and D and ipsilateral waves III and V decreased in latency, with th...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Stapells DR,Mosseri M

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:Although it has been shown previously that changes in temporal coding produce changes in pitch in all cochlear regions, research has suggested that temporal coding might be best encoded in relatively apical locations. The authors hypothesized that although temporal coding may provide useable information at a...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Landsberger DM,Vermeire K,Claes A,Van Rompaey V,Van de Heyning P

更新日期：2016-05-01 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:Clinicians sometimes treat patients with relatively long-duration geotropic direction-changing positional nystagmus (DCPN), without latency. Recently, the concept of a "light cupula" in the lateral canal that reveals persistent geotropic DCPN has been introduced. In the present study, we investigated the imm...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Ban JH,Kim MB,Hong SM

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) were measured for a closed set of spondees that had been processed by peak clipping and compression. Both hearing-impaired and normal-hearing subject groups showed progressively higher SRTs with increasing levels of peak clipping, with significant threshold shifts occurring for cli...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Crain TR,Van Tasell DJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:Everyday conversation frequently includes challenges to the clarity of the acoustic speech signal, including hearing impairment, background noise, and foreign accents. Although an obvious problem is the increased risk of making word identification errors, extracting meaning from a degraded acoustic signal is also cogn...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Peelle JE

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess discrimination of lexical stress pattern in infants with cochlear implant (CI) compared with infants with normal hearing (NH). While criteria for cochlear implantation have expanded to infants as young as 6 months, little is known regarding infants' processing of suprasegmental-prosodic cues which ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Segal O,Houston D,Kishon-Rabin L

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ability of clinical test signals to match the aided levels of real speech, across a range of hearing aid circuit types and strengths. DESIGN:Hearing aids (N = 41) were set to DSL targets for moderate, severe, and profound hearing losses. These hearing aids were tested with three test signals ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Scollie SD,Seewald RC

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The use of FM systems as primary amplification for children with severe and profound hearing loss is discussed. The FM advantage for improving speech perception and for reducing the detrimental effects of distance, noise, and reverberation is described. Both hypothetical and actual cases are used to demonstrate the FM...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Madell JR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the influence of auditory cues on postural sway in normal-hearing (NH) individuals, hearing-impaired individuals with vestibular impairment (HIVL), or hearing-impaired (HI) individuals without vestibular impairment. DESIGN:Thirty-two participants received a hearing and a vestibular evaluation (v...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Maheu M,Behtani L,Nooristani M,Houde MS,Delcenserie A,Leroux T,Champoux F

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vestibular reflexes have traditionally formed the cornerstone of vestibular evaluation, but perceptual tests have recently gained attention for use in research studies and potential clinical applications. However, the unknown reliability of perceptual thresholds limits their current importance. This is addre...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Lee TL,Shayman CS,Oh Y,Peterka RJ,Hullar TE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to investigate morphologic differences in the ABR as a result of reversing the stimulus polarity of frequency-limited single-cycle stimuli in normal-hearing subjects. The results clearly demonstrate that large latency differences occur between condensation and rarefaction stimuli for low-frequ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Orlando MS,Folsom RC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00