Auditory Acclimatization to Bilateral Hearing Aids: Effects on Sentence-in-Noise Processing Times and Speech-Evoked Potentials.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To present hearing threshold data from a recent nationally representative survey in the United States (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004) in a distributional format that might be appropriate to replace Annex B in international (ISO-1999) and national (ANSI S3.44) standards and (...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hoffman HJ,Dobie RA,Ko CW,Themann CL,Murphy WJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The auditory middle latency response (MLR) seems to have a relatively long developmental time course, extending through the first decade of life. Characteristics of each MLR component change developmentally not only with respect to waveform morphology but also with respect to response reliability, dependence on awaren...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McGee T,Kraus N

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to remove cochlear implants from children and subsequently reimplant a more complex device in the same ear was the concern of this single case study. A postlinguistically deafened child, J.L., received a single-channel cochlear implant 1 yr after contracting meningitis and suffering a profound bilateral se...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Chute PM,Hellman SA,Parisier SC,Tartter VC,Economou A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification errors for initial consonants of consonants-vowels-consonants-vowels from lists A and B of the Nonsense Syllable Test were analyzed for 10 normal-hearing and 8 sensorineural hearing-impaired listeners. The Nonsense Syllable Test stimuli were presented binaurally through earphones at 6 increasing sensati...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Doyle KJ,Danhauer JL,Edgerton BJ

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:Total communication provides an opportunity for very young children to receive training through both visual and auditory systems. Most children with severe hearing loss have auditory discrimination/perceptual problems in addition to a loss of hearing sensitivity. Because sophisticated assessment of auditory perceptual...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Thompson MD,Swisher MV

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The main objective was to investigate age-related differences on the listening in spatialized noise-sentences (LiSN-S) test in adults with normal audiometric thresholds in most of the speech range. A second objective was to examine the contributions of auditory, cognitive, and linguistic abilities to LiSN-S ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Besser J,Festen JM,Goverts ST,Kramer SE,Pichora-Fuller MK

更新日期：2015-01-01 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:In bilateral cochlear implant users, electrodes mapped to the same frequency range in each ear may stimulate different places in each cochlea due to an insertion depth difference of electrode arrays. This interaural place of stimulation mismatch can lead to problems with auditory image fusion and sensitivity...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kan A,Litovsky RY,Goupell MJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：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: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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the correlations between hearing handicap, speech recognition, listening effort, and fatigue. DESIGN:Eighty-four adults with hearing loss (65 to 85 years) completed three self-report questionnaires: the Fatigue Assessment Scale, the Effort Assessment Scale, and the Hearing Handicap Inventory ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Alhanbali S,Dawes P,Lloyd S,Munro KJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Cochlear implant patients have difficulty in noisy environments, in part, because of channel interaction. Interleaving the signal by sending every other channel to the opposite ear has the potential to reduce channel interaction by increasing the space between channels in each ear. Interleaving still potentia...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Aronoff JM,Stelmach J,Padilla M,Landsberger DM

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：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：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：:A common element of the psychophysiological research on listening effort is the focus on listening demand as determinant of effort. The article discusses preceding studies and theorizing on effort to show that the link between listening demand and listening effort is moderated by various variables. Moreover, I will pr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Richter M

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:A measurement of noise exposure levels of players of electronic games was made in two small arcades using a noise dosimeter. Two different measurements were made, at normal operating levels and maximum possible levels. The results showed that excessive exposure levels were possible on arcade games and that these level...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Plakke BL

更新日期：1983-07-01 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:Comparison of preverbal communication behavior in young children before receiving cochlear implants with outcomes 3 yr after implantation on speech identification and speech production tasks, to assess whether outcomes can be predicted from characteristics inherent to the child before implantation. DESIGN:Vi...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Tait M,Lutman ME,Robinson K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the annual cost of Ménière's disease and the cost per person in the UK population and to investigate the direct and indirect costs of the condition. DESIGN:The authors utilized a multidata approach to provide the first estimate of the cost of Ménière's. Data from the UK Biobank (a study of 500,0...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Tyrrell J,Whinney DJ,Taylor T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of sound-direction identification in the horizontal plane by bilateral cochlear implant users when localization was measured with pink noise and with speech stimuli. DESIGN:Eight adults who were bilateral users of Nucleus 24 Contour devices participated i...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Neuman AC,Haravon A,Sislian N,Waltzman SB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because some unilaterally hearing-impaired children appear to experience difficulty in communication and educational progress, it seems only appropriate to reassess the identification and management strategies that are used with these children. Accordingly, this paper presents some general information on identificatio...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Bess FH,Klee T,Culbertson JL

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Here, we evaluate the risks of amplified music for disc-jockeys (DJs) working in nightclubs. DESIGN:Sound level measurements were performed within the DJ mixing booths. A questionnaire was used to obtain exposure to noise and length of time in the profession. Audiograms and tinnitus pitch matching was also ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Potier M,Hoquet C,Lloyd R,Nicolas-Puel C,Uziel A,Puel JL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the use of visual feedback of tonic electromyographic (EMG) activity, or the use of amplitude normalization techniques would reduce significantly the variability in cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP) P13-N23 interaural amplitude as...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McCaslin DL,Jacobson GP,Hatton K,Fowler AP,DeLong AP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether female subjects who had balanced hormonal profiles and who were experiencing the characteristic fluctuation in estrogen and progesterone levels exhibited changes in auditory function unlike subjects who were using a low-dose combined estrogen and progesterone steroid. Threshold data at 500,...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Cox JR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00