Analog model of human click-elicited SP and effects of high-pass filtering.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Channel interaction, the stimulation of overlapping populations of auditory neurons by distinct cochlear implant (CI) channels, likely limits the speech perception performance of CI users. This study examined the role of vocoder-simulated channel interaction in the ability of children with normal hearing (cN...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Jahn KN,DiNino M,Arenberg JG

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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

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：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

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：OBJECTIVES:Recent studies in animals indicate that even moderate levels of exposure to noise can damage synaptic ribbons between the inner hair cells and auditory nerve fibers without affecting audiometric thresholds, giving rise to the use of the term "hidden hearing loss" (HHL). Despite evidence across several animal...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Suresh CH,Krishnan A

更新日期：2020-07-13 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：:Full-term and preterm infants were evaluated with click-evoked and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (CEOEs and DPOEs). The CEOEs and DPOEs recorded from each individual ear were analyzed by calculating the root-mean-square levels within half-octave bands. The fail criterion of the OE tests was that the half-oc...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Smurzynski J,Jung MD,Lafreniere D,Kim DO,Kamath MV,Rowe JC,Holman MC,Leonard G

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The ability of a treatment method to interfere with tinnitus-related neural activity patterns, such as cortical gamma rhythms, has been suggested to indicate its potential in relieving tinnitus. Therapeutic modulation of gamma-band oscillations with vagus nerve stimulation has been recently reported in epile...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hyvärinen P,Yrttiaho S,Lehtimäki J,Ilmoniemi RJ,Mäkitie A,Ylikoski J,Mäkelä JP,Aarnisalo AA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Work in normal-hearing (NH) adults suggests that spoken language processing involves coping with ambiguity. Even a clearly spoken word contains brief periods of ambiguity as it unfolds over time, and early portions will not be sufficient to uniquely identify the word. However, beyond this temporary ambiguity...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McMurray B,Ellis TP,Apfelbaum KS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acoustic reflex threshold and magnitude were measured for normal-hearing subjects in four experiments under conditions of: (1) tight and relaxed eyelid closure; (2) eyes open and closed in light, focusing on a spot, reading, and solving a visual maze; (3) tactile stimulation; and (4) performing a mental task. Measurem...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Robinette MS,Snyder KS

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To undertake a systematic review of available evidence on the effect of hearing impairment and hearing aid amplification on listening effort. Two research questions were addressed: Q1) does hearing impairment affect listening effort? and Q2) can hearing aid amplification affect listening effort during speech...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Ohlenforst B,Zekveld AA,Jansma EP,Wang Y,Naylor G,Lorens A,Lunner T,Kramer SE

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cases illustrating potential pitfalls in neurotologic diagnosis from the viewpoint of the otologist are presented. The role of auditory brain stem response testing is specifically emphasized in cases with discordant audiologic and radiographic findings. Included are one case of a "false negative" ABR in a pati...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Telian SA,Kileny PR

更新日期：1988-04-01 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：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：:The link between nonaudiological variables and outcomes measurement is explored. Hearing impairment can affect an individual's everyday communication in numerous ways. Both audiological and nonaudiological variables interact with each other to produce a unique predicament for each individual with hearing impairment. T...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kricos PB

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether bone-conducted vibration (BCV) or air-conducted sound (ACS) is the optimal mode for eliciting both ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) and cervical VEMPs (cVEMPs). DESIGN:Twelve healthy volunteers, five patients with unilateral chronic otitis ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Wang SJ,Weng WJ,Jaw FS,Young YH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1) To describe distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) test performance when a priori response criteria are applied to a large set of DPOAE data. 2) To describe DPOAE test performance when multifrequency definitions of auditory function are used. 3) To determine DPOAE test performance when a single d...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gorga MP,Neely ST,Dorn PA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to present descriptive results from an audiometric examination of a male twin sample, compare the values with normative databases, and explore whether there are age differences in genetic and environmental contributions to variation in hearing. DESIGN:Audiometric and questionnair...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Karlsson KK,Harris JR,Svartengren M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Develop dose-response relations for two groups of industrial workers exposed to Gaussian or non-Gaussian (complex) types of continuous noises and to investigate what role, if any, the kurtosis statistic can play in the evaluation of industrial noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). DESIGN:Audiometric and noise e...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Zhao YM,Qiu W,Zeng L,Chen SS,Cheng XR,Davis RI,Hamernik RP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In newer-generation Cochlear Ltd. cochlear implants, two adjacent electrodes can be electrically coupled to produce a single contact or "dual electrode" (DE). The goal of the present study was to evaluate whether relatively large impedance differences (>3.0 kOhms) between coupled electrodes affect the excita...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hughes ML,Baudhuin JL,Goehring JL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the patient's characteristics, preoperative audiological profiles, surgical outcomes, and postoperative performance for children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) who ultimately received cochlear implants (CIs). DESIGN:Prospective, longitudinal study of children with ANSD who receiv...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Teagle HF,Roush PA,Woodard JS,Hatch DR,Zdanski CJ,Buss E,Buchman CA

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:1) To describe the auditory brain stem response (ABR) measurement system and optimized methods used for study of newborn hearing screening. 2) To determine how recording and infant factors related to the screening, using well-defined, specific ABR outcome measures. DESIGN:Seven thousand one hundred seventy-...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Sininger YS,Cone-Wesson B,Folsom RC,Gorga MP,Vohr BR,Widen JE,Ekelid M,Norton SJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate a technique for objectively calibrating bone conductors on an individual basis using distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs). DESIGN:Individual calibrations were obtained using DPOAEs recorded from a single ear of 21 normally hearing adults. Validity and robustness of the technique w...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Purcell D,Kunov H,Cleghorn W

更新日期：1999-10-01 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