Using multichannel wide-dynamic range compression in severely hearing-impaired listeners: effects on speech recognition and quality.

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：OBJECTIVE:Establishing methods for topical administration of drugs to the inner ear have great clinical relevance and potential even in a relatively short perspective. To evaluate the efficacy of sodium hyaluronate (HYA) as a vehicle for drugs that could be used for treatment of inner ear disorders. METHODS:The cochle...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Saber A,Laurell G,Bramer T,Edsman K,Engmér C,Ulfendahl M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Auditory temporal processing frequently appears more affected in old subjects than would be predicted by the degree of peripheral hearing loss, pointing to an age-dependent central processing deficit. In parallel, an age-dependent decline of inhibitory function has been demonstrated in the auditory pathway, ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gleich O,Strutz J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of hand-held auditory screening devices has led to increased hearing screening by physicians. Ambient noise levels were assessed in examination rooms of 20 physician offices. Measurements provided Ln, Leq, Lmax, and octave band data for specialty types: pediatrics, internal medicine, family practice an...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Alvord LS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the effect of various pathologies on power reflectance (PR) and absorbance measured in human adults. The pathologies studied include those affecting the tympanic membrane, the middle-ear ossicles, the middle-ear cavity, the inner ear, and intracranial pressure. Interesting pathology-induced chan...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Nakajima HH,Rosowski JJ,Shahnaz N,Voss SE

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Progress has been made in recent years in the provision of amplification and early intervention for children who are hard of hearing. However, children who use hearing aids (HAs) may have inconsistent access to their auditory environment due to limitations in speech audibility through their HAs or limited HA...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McCreery RW,Walker EA,Spratford M,Oleson J,Bentler R,Holte L,Roush P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study tested listeners with a cochlear implant (CI) in one ear and acoustic hearing in the other ear, to assess their ability to localize sound and to understand speech in collocated or spatially separated noise or speech maskers. DESIGN:Eight CI listeners with contralateral acoustic hearing ranging fr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dirks C,Nelson PB,Sladen DP,Oxenham AJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Loudness-balance measurements with monaurally impaired subjects have shown that the shape of the loudness versus sound-pressure curve among hearing-impaired persons varies significantly. But the effectiveness of adjusting the compression characteristics of wide-dynamic-range compression hearing aids-the comp...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Villchur E,Killion MC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present investigation was designed to provide information to facilitate the decision of whether a child should continue using digital signal processing (DSP) hearing aids with wide dynamic range compression (WDRC) or be recommended for a cochlear implant, based on the unaided pure-tone average (PTA at 500...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Davidson LS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While the cochlear implant provides many deaf patients with good speech understanding in quiet, music perception and appreciation with the cochlear implant remains a major challenge for most cochlear implant users. The present study investigated whether a closed-set melodic contour identification (MCI) task c...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Galvin JJ 3rd,Fu QJ,Nogaki G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interference between a target and simultaneous maskers occurs both at the cochlear level through energetic masking and more centrally through informational masking (IM). Hence, quantifying the amount of IM requires a strict control of the energetic component. Presenting target and maskers on different sides ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Calcus A,Agus T,Kolinsky R,Colin C,Deltenre P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated factors contributing to the comprehension and production of English language by children with prelingual deafness after 4 to 7 yr of multichannel cochlear implant use. The analysis controlled for the effects of child and family characteristics so that educational factors most conducive...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Geers AE,Nicholas JG,Sedey AL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a follow-up of an 1980-1982 study that examined the occurrence of risk factors and the patterns of identification and habilitation in a group of hearing-impaired infants from an urban setting. Current findings covering the period 1983-1988, indicate that only one out of three hearing-impaired infants can...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Stein LK,Jabaley T,Spitz R,Stoakley D,McGee T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to examine audiovisual speech integration in cochlear-implanted children and in normally hearing children exposed to degraded auditory stimuli. Previous studies have shown that speech perception in cochlear-implanted users is biased toward the visual modality when audition and...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Huyse A,Berthommier F,Leybaert J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retest stability of the Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired (CPHI) was assessed in a sample of 101 active-duty military personnel who attended the Aural Rehabilitation Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Pretests were administered by referring audiologists; retests were administered from 6 to 40 wee...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Demorest ME,Erdman SA

更新日期：1988-10-01 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:It is well established that catastrophic misinterpretations and fear are involved in the suffering and disability of patients with chronic pain. This study investigated whether similar processes explain suffering and disability in patients with chronic tinnitus. We hypothesized that patients who catastrophic...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Cima RF,Crombez G,Vlaeyen JW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although directional microphones on a hearing aid provide a signal-to-noise ratio benefit in a noisy background, the amount of benefit is dependent on how close the signal of interest is to the front of the user. It is assumed that when the signal of interest is off-axis, users can reorient themselves to the...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Brimijoin WO,Whitmer WM,McShefferty D,Akeroyd MA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many people with difficulties following conversations in noisy settings have "clinically normal" audiograms, that is, tone thresholds better than 20 dB HL from 0.1 to 8 kHz. This review summarizes the possible causes of such difficulties, and examines established as well as promising new psychoacoustic and electrophys...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pienkowski M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cochlear implant (CI) users suffer from a range of speech impairments, such as stuttering and vocal control of pitch and intensity. Though little research has focused on the role of auditory feedback in the speech of CI users, these speech impairments could be due in part to limited access to low-frequency c...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Caldwell MT,Jiradejvong P,Limb CJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 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 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：:Humans have evolved the unique capacity to efficiently communicate using the spoken word. Hearing plays a key role as a receiver in this process and dysfunction leads to difficulties in listening and communication. It is widely accepted that effective communication is not adequately captured with current behavioral sp...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Carlile S,Keidser G

更新日期：2020-11-01 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: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：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：OBJECTIVES:Cochlear implants (CIs) are increasingly recommended to individuals with residual bilateral acoustic hearing. Although new hearing-preserving electrode designs and surgical approaches show great promise, CI recipients are still at risk to lose acoustic hearing in the implanted ear, which could prevent the ab...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Sheffield BM,Schuchman G,Bernstein JGW

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the maturational changes in the mechanical properties of the skull and how they might contribute to infant-adult differences in bone conduction hearing sensitivity. The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanical impedance of the skin-covered skull for different skull posi...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Mackey AR,Hodgetts WE,Scott D,Small SA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00