Audiologic findings in botulism poisoning.

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：:The present study investigated the effects of intensity on hearing-impaired adults' performance on the Staggered Spondaic Word (SSW) test. Fifteen adults having mild-to-moderate cochlear hearing losses were administered the 40-item SSW test which was subdivided into four groups of ten items each, and presented at diff...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Flynn PA,Danhauer JL,Gerber SE,Goller MC,Arnst DJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this research was to measure the effects of reference interaural time and intensity differences on binaural performance in listeners with normal hearing and impaired hearing for a number of different binaural tests. Experiment 1 measures the dependence of binaural detection and discrimination p...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Koehnke J,Culotta CP,Hawley ML,Colburn HS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Audiologists regularly use serial monitoring to evaluate changes in a patient's auditory function over time. Observed changes are compared with reference standards to determine whether further clinical action is necessary. Reference standards are established in a control sample of otherwise healthy subjects ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McMillan GP,Reavis KM,Konrad-Martin D,Dille MF

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based and a laboratory-based localization training program. DESIGN:This study examined the effectiveness of a localization training program on improving the localization ability of 15 participants with a mild-to-moderately severe hearing loss. These participants had wo...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kuk F,Keenan DM,Lau C,Crose B,Schumacher J

更新日期：2014-11-01 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

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：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：OBJECTIVE:Inability to understand speech in noise has been cited repeatedly as the principal complaint of hearing aid users. While data exist documenting the benefit provided by hearing aids with directional microphones when listening to speech in noise, little work has been done to develop a standard clinical protocol...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dhar S,Humes LE,Calandruccio L,Barlow NN,Hipskind N

更新日期：2004-04-01 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: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：:The nature of functional hearing loss was retrospectively studied with respect to hearing sensitivity after resolution of the nonorganic components in 63 adults with bilateral exaggerated losses (126 ears). The configuration of the functional components (difference between the functional and resolved thresholds) was f...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gelfand SA,Silman S

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compares the musical perception of 17 adult recipients of the Nucleus cochlear implant using two different formant extraction processing strategies (F0F1F2 and MPEAK). DESIGN:Over a 12 mo period, participants were alternately switched between two strategies every 3 mo. Performance was evaluated us...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gfeller K,Woodworth G,Robin DA,Witt S,Knutson JF

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：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:Previous studies have documented the benefits of bimodal hearing as compared with a cochlear implant alone, but most have focused on the importance of bottom-up, low-frequency cues. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of top-down processing in bimodal hearing by measuring the effect of ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Oh SH,Donaldson GS,Kong YY

更新日期：2016-09-01 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: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：: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：:A computer-automated, threshold-tracking procedure was developed for measuring evoked response thresholds on-line. The procedure utilizes an objective detection criterion (correlation) to evaluate whether a response is absent or present. Sound intensity is adjusted according to a modified PEST (parameter estimation by...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Salvi RJ,Ahroon W,Saunders SS,Arnold SA

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:A new speech processing concept and its implementation cochlear implant neural net, simulation and stimulation (CINSTIM), for cochlear implant systems is currently under investigation. The main objectives of this new strategy are to improve speech perception within the early rehabilitation period for prelingu...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Leisenberg M,Dees DC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purposes of this study were to (a) examine the accuracy of cochlear implant recipients who use different types of devices and signal processing strategies on pitch ranking as a function of size of interval and frequency range and (b) to examine the relations between this pitch perception measure and demog...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gfeller K,Turner C,Oleson J,Zhang X,Gantz B,Froman R,Olszewski C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Speech intelligibility is strongly influenced by the ability to process temporal modulations. It is hypothesized that in dyslexia, deficient processing of rapidly changing auditory information underlies a deficient development of phonological representations, causing reading and spelling problems. Low-freque...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Poelmans H,Luts H,Vandermosten M,Boets B,Ghesquière P,Wouters J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:At a minimum, unilateral hearing loss (UHL) impairs sound localization ability and understanding speech in noisy environments, particularly if the loss is severe to profound. Accompanying the numerous negative consequences of UHL is considerable unexplained individual variability in the magnitude of its effe...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Firszt JB,Reeder RM,Holden LK

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the performance of cochlear implant patients and normal-hearing subjects on a musical interval labeling task, and to determine whether information regarding musical interval size is available to cochlear implant patients under realistic everyday listening conditions. DESIGN:Two Nucleus cochlear im...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pijl S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No outcome measure has universal validity and applicability. When designing, promulgating or selecting a particular instrument, audiologists should take care to consider and specify the detailed purposes to which the measure will be directed, and the particular populations to which it will be applied. Scales that have...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gatehouse S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS) is a rare cause of autosomal recessive inherited deafness. JLNS patients are candidates for cochlear implantation, and represent a group that needs special attention and precautions. The aim of this article is to draw some guidelines for dealing with these patients, ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Siem G,Früh A,Leren TP,Heimdal K,Teig E,Harris S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00