Coupler output level differences resulting from repeated transducer placement.

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: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：:A case is presented of a patient with lateral pontine stroke which resulted in a moderate unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. ABR, word recognition scores, acoustic reflexes, neurological evaluation, and CT scan were consistent with brain stem lesion. Recovery of hearing, including acoustic reflexes and word recogn...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Bales JD

更新日期：1989-04-01 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:To compare the sound-source localization, discrimination, and tracking performance of bilateral cochlear implant users with omnidirectional (OMNI) and pinna-imitating (PI) microphone directionality modes. DESIGN:Twelve experienced bilateral cochlear implant users participated in the study. Their audio proce...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Fischer T,Schmid C,Kompis M,Mantokoudis G,Caversaccio M,Wimmer W

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the temporal aspects of human hearing as measured using the auditory evoked potentials. Interaural timing cues are essential to the detection and localization of sound sources. The temporal envelope of a sound--how it changes in amplitude over time--is crucially important for speech perception. Ti...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Picton T

更新日期：2013-07-01 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: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：OBJECTIVES:The effects of directing, switching, and misdirecting auditory spatial attention in a complex listening situation were investigated in 8 younger and 8 older listeners with normal-hearing sensitivity below 4 kHz. DESIGN:In two companion experiments, a target sentence was presented from one spatial location a...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Singh G,Pichora-Fuller MK,Schneider BA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spatial release from masking (SRM) can increase speech intelligibility in complex listening environments. The goal of the present study was to document how speech-in-speech stimuli could be best processed to encourage optimum SRM for listeners who represent a range of ages and amounts of hearing loss. We exam...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Jakien KM,Kampel SD,Gordon SY,Gallun FJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：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：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:Despite the many studies on the associated risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with hypercholesterolemia (HCh), an association between HCh and the development of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) has been examined in only a few case-control studies. We tested the ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Chang SL,Hsieh CC,Tseng KS,Weng SF,Lin YS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to examine three types of audiological recommendations [unaided, CROS (contralateral routing of signals) and personal FM system] and their impact upon speech recognition ability of children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Each of these recommendations was tested under ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kenworthy OT,Klee T,Tharpe AM

更新日期：1990-08-01 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

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：:Two studies were performed in which hearing-impaired subjects responded to the Connected Speech Test (CST). In experiment 1, 40 subjects, divided into four groups according to extent and configuration of hearing loss, responded to the CST version 1 (CSTv1). This version of the test consisted of 57 passages of connecte...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Cox RM,Alexander GC,Gilmore C,Pusakulich KM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the influence of auditory cues on postural sway in normal-hearing (NH) individuals, hearing-impaired individuals with vestibular impairment (HIVL), or hearing-impaired (HI) individuals without vestibular impairment. DESIGN:Thirty-two participants received a hearing and a vestibular evaluation (v...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Maheu M,Behtani L,Nooristani M,Houde MS,Delcenserie A,Leroux T,Champoux F

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main aim of the present study was to compare the derived and directly measured real-ear hearing instrument performance for a range of commonly used hearing instruments. A secondary aim was to compare the real-ear to coupler difference (RECD) measured using the ER-3A insert earphone and a selection of hear...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Munro KJ,Millward KE

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the applicability of the self-report inventory, Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL), at 2 wk postfitting. DESIGN:The SADL was completed by two groups of hearing aid users, one fitted 2 wk before completion, the other at least 1 yr before. All SADLs were completed as a paper an...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： McLeod B,Upfold L,Broadbent C

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to describe normal characteristics of distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) signal and noise level in a group of newborns and infants with normal hearing followed longitudinally from birth to 15 months of age. DESIGN:This is a prospective, longitudinal study of 231 in...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Hunter LL,Blankenship CM,Keefe DH,Feeney MP,Brown DK,McCune A,Fitzpatrick DF,Lin L

更新日期：2018-09-01 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:To measure binaural benefit over the shadowed ear alone for young bilateral cochlear implant (CI) users. It was hypothesized that children who received bilateral CIs at a young age (<4 years), and had significant bilateral experience, would demonstrate lower detection thresholds for speech sounds in backgrou...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Galvin KL,Dowell RC,van Hoesel RJ,Mok M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although the spectrally degraded input provided by cochlear implants (CIs) is sufficient for speech perception in quiet, it poses problems for talker identification. The present study examined the ability of normally hearing (NH) children and child CI users to recognize cartoon voices while listening to spec...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： van Heugten M,Volkova A,Trehub SE,Schellenberg EG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis is presented of the detectability of the two types of otoacoustic emissions being considered for use in clinical tests of hearing. It is estimated that, for equal emission levels and equal probability of error, measurement of distortion-product emissions can be made at least 30 times faster than transient-...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Zurek PM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preference for hearing aid frequency-gain responses selected using the modified simplex procedure over that prescribed by NAL-R is not universal. A screening protocol used before individualized fitting may help streamline its use and ensure effective use of clinical time. In this protocol, listeners compare the pr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Kuk FK

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews research on the relatively recently discovered event-related potential component, the mismatch negativity (MMN), which is of great potential interest for understanding central auditory function and various forms of its pathology. This change-specific response can serve as an accurate objective mea...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Näätänen R

更新日期：1995-02-01 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