Comparison of real-ear to coupler difference values in the right and left ear of adults using three earmold configurations.

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：: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：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate the perceptual benefits and potential risks of implanting the Nucleus(R) multichannel auditory brainstem implant. DESIGN:Between September 1992 and October 1997 a total of 27 subjects received a Nucleus 20- or 21-channel Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI). All subjects in...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Nevison B,Laszig R,Sollmann WP,Lenarz T,Sterkers O,Ramsden R,Fraysse B,Manrique M,Rask-Andersen H,Garcia-Ibanez E,Colletti V,von Wallenberg E

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：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:This study compared speech recognition performance on the Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 (NU-6) and the Connected Speech Test (CST) for three hearing aid circuits (peak clipping [PC], compression limiting [CL], and wide dynamic range compression [WDRC]) in adults with symmetrical sensorineural h...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Shanks JE,Wilson RH,Larson V,Williams D

更新日期：2002-08-01 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:Watching a talker's mouth is beneficial for speech reception (SR) in many communication settings, especially in noise and when hearing is impaired. Measures for audiovisual (AV) SR can be valuable in the framework of diagnosing or treating hearing disorders. This study addresses the lack of standardized meth...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Schreitmüller S,Frenken M,Bentz L,Ortmann M,Walger M,Meister H

更新日期：2018-05-01 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

abstract：:Attenuation measurements were made using the ANSI S12.6-1984 protocol on a standard Telephonics headset with TDH-50P earphones and Model 51 cushions, Amplivox Audiocups headphone enclosures, and Peltor AudioMate headphone enclosures. Each of the enclosures housed Telephonics TDH-50P earphones with Model 51 cushions. T...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Franks JR,Engel DP 3rd,Themann CL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to perform a cross-language comparison of two commonly used sentence-recognition materials (i.e., Hearing in Noise Test [HINT] and AzBio) in American English (AE) and Mandarin Chinese (MC). DESIGNS:Sixty normal-hearing, native English-speaking and 60 normal-hearing, native Chinese-...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Xu L,Xi X,Patton A,Wang X,Qi B,Johnson L

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Averaged electrode voltages (AEVs) provide an objective measure of the output of the Nucleus multichannel cochlear implant device. AEVs are the peak-to-peak voltages of each electrode in the internal array and are recorded from electrodes placed on the scalp. This article summarizes average voltage data for 25 childre...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Mahoney MJ,Proctor LA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the additional perceptual benefit provided to children through the use of two cochlear implants in comparison to one after 6 to 13 mo experience with sequential bilateral implants. DESIGN:A second cochlear implant was received by 11 children. The principal selection criteria were being age 4 to 1...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Galvin KL,Mok M,Dowell RC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is widely recognized by hearing aid users and audiologists that a period of auditory acclimatization and adjustment is needed for new users to become accustomed to their devices. The aim of the present study was to test the idea that auditory acclimatization and adjustment to hearing aids involves a proces...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dawes P,Munro KJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:While classroom acoustics can affect educational performance for all students, the impact for children with minimal/mild hearing loss (MMHL) may be greater than for children with normal hearing (NH). The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of MMHL on children's speech recognition comprehension an...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Lewis DE,Valente DL,Spalding JL

更新日期：2015-01-01 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: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:Pediatric vestibular evaluations incorporate cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (c- and oVEMP, respectively) testing; however, in children, c- and oVEMP thresholds have been minimally investigated and frequency tuning is unknown. Children are also at risk for unsafe sound exposure secon...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Rodriguez AI,Thomas MLA,Janky KL

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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:To examine differences among various test protocols on the fail rate at hospital discharge for infants in the well-baby nursery (WBN) and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) who received hearing screening through a universal newborn hearing screening demonstration project. DESIGN:The outcomes of several scre...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gravel J,Berg A,Bradley M,Cacace A,Campbell D,Dalzell L,DeCristofaro J,Greenberg E,Gross S,Orlando M,Pinheiro J,Regan J,Spivak L,Stevens F,Prieve B

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In hearing aid research and application it is often necessary to transform the sound pressure level or acoustic gain measured at one physical point (e.g., 2 cc coupler) to an equivalent value at another physical point (e.g., tympanic membrane). Results of currently available studies on various transformations are summ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Bentler RA,Pavlovic CV

更新日期：1989-02-01 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: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：:Auditory brain stem response waveforms, derived from normal ears, were analyzed with a computer-based digital filtering program as a means of systematically evaluating the effects of phase-shift distortion. Off-line analysis involved the stimulated responses of a Butterworth-type filter at five high-pass and four low-...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Domico WD,Kavanagh KT

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare speech recognition across a sampling of amplification choices available for listeners with severe loss. This includes conventional options (linear with peak clipping and linear with compression limiting) and newer strategies (multichannel wide-dynamic range compressi...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Souza PE,Jenstad LM,Folino R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this research were to develop and evaluate a self-report questionnaire (the Emotional Communication in Hearing Questionnaire or EMO-CHeQ) designed to assess experiences of hearing and handicap when listening to signals that contain vocal emotion information. DESIGN:Study 1 involved interne...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Singh G,Liskovoi L,Launer S,Russo F

更新日期：2019-03-01 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