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abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the ability of single-sided deaf listeners implanted with a cochlear implant (SSD-CI) to (1) determine the front-back and left-right location of sound sources presented from loudspeakers surrounding the listener and (2) use small head rotations to further improve their localization performanc...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Pastore MT,Natale SJ,Clayton C,Dorman MF,Yost WA,Zhou Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using a longitudinal design, the present study sought to substantiate indications from two previous cross-sectional studies that hearing aid (HA) experience leads to improved speech processing abilities as quantified using eye-gaze measurements. Another aim was to explore potential concomitant changes in eve...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Habicht J,Finke M,Neher T

更新日期：2018-01-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of number of channels and speech-to-noise ratio on connected discourse tracking (CDT) through simulations of cochlear implant speech processing. Previous studies have used citation-form vowel and consonant materials or simple sentences. CDT rates were expected to be less likely to b...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Faulkner A,Rosen S,Wilkinson L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With broadening candidacy criteria for cochlear implantation, a greater number of pediatric candidates have usable residual hearing in their nonimplanted ears. This population potentially stands to benefit from continued use of conventional amplification in their nonimplanted ears. The purposes of this invest...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Holt RF,Kirk KI,Eisenberg LS,Martinez AS,Campbell W

更新日期：2005-08-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main objective of this study is to determine whether chronic sound deprivation leads to poorer speech discrimination in humans. DESIGN:We reviewed the audiologic profile of 240 patients presenting normal and symmetrical bone conduction thresholds bilaterally, associated with either an acute or chronic u...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Okada M,Welling DB,Liberman MC,Maison SF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Current Joint Committee on Infant Hearing guidelines recommend the use of transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) as a screening tool to identify hearing loss for newborns cared for in the well-baby nursery. Newborns who do not pass the TEOAE screen before leaving the hospital are typically rescreened...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Prieve BA,Hancur-Bucci CA,Preston JL

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：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：: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：:In a digitally controlled adaptive filter, ongoing detection and spectral analysis of quasi steady state noise are performed, and analog filter parameters are adjusted to provide greatest attenuation in frequency regions where noise energy is greatest. Attenuation introduced by the filter affects both speech and noise...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： van Tasell DJ,Larsen SY,Fabry DA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vestibular reflexes have traditionally formed the cornerstone of vestibular evaluation, but perceptual tests have recently gained attention for use in research studies and potential clinical applications. However, the unknown reliability of perceptual thresholds limits their current importance. This is addre...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Lee TL,Shayman CS,Oh Y,Peterka RJ,Hullar TE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A postlingually implanted adult typically develops hearing with an intact auditory system, followed by periods of deafness (or near deafness) and adaptation to the implant. For an early implanted child whose brain is highly plastic, the auditory system matures with consistent input from a cochlear implant. I...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Landsberger DM,Padilla M,Martinez AS,Eisenberg LS

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:In this four-site clinical trial, we evaluated whether tinnitus masking (TM) and tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) decreased tinnitus severity more than the two control groups: an attention-control group that received tinnitus educational counseling (and hearing aids if needed; TED), and a 6-month-wait-list ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Henry JA,Stewart BJ,Griest S,Kaelin C,Zaugg TL,Carlson K

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：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:The purpose of this study was to develop a method for acoustically measuring the ipsilateral acoustic stapedius reflex threshold by using wideband shifts in energy reflectance and admittance. DESIGN:A group of 27 young adult subjects with normal hearing participated in the study. Contralateral reflex thresho...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Feeney MP,Keefe DH,Sanford CA

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:(1) To determine the ototoxicity detection rate (sensitivity) for distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) testing in adults who received ototoxic medications and experienced pure-tone threshold changes during the course of treatment; (2) to determine the extent to which DPOAE sensitivity to ototoxi...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Reavis KM,Phillips DS,Fausti SA,Gordon JS,Helt WJ,Wilmington D,Bratt GW,Konrad-Martin D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the current study was to examine how age-related hearing impairment affects lipreading and auditory-visual integration. The working hypothesis for the investigation was that presbycusic hearing loss would increase reliance on visual speech information, resulting in better lipreading and auditor...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Tye-Murray N,Sommers MS,Spehar B

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:A correlation of hearing deficits and enamel defects was investigated in 18 children presenting to a pediatric neurology service for hearing evaluation. Eleven had enamel defects. Five had defects consistent with a systemic insult occurring as early as 14 weeks gestation, two between 29 to 33 weeks gestation, and four...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Murray GS,Johnsen DC

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：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：:In contrast to the transient (N1-P2) and steady-state (<20 Hz) cortical responses, neither the transient (auditory brain stem response) nor the steady-state (80 Hz) brain stem responses show the binaural masking level difference (BMLD). This study determined behavioral and 40-Hz auditory steady-state response (ASSR) B...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Ishida IM,Stapells DR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous research suggests that young children have significant difficulty recognizing speech in the presence of background noise as compared with older children and adults. However, limited research exists that examines the developmental effects of speech recognition in noise in separate age groups of young...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Schafer EC,Beeler S,Ramos H,Morais M,Monzingo J,Algier K

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Long-term Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) predisposes to various secondary middle ear diseases. Most surgical and prosthetical interventions on the Eustachian tube itself have proven to be ineffective, whereas middle ear surgeries treat the sequelae of ETD without major influence on the underlying tubal pa...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Caffier PP,Sedlmaier B,Haupt H,Göktas O,Scherer H,Mazurek B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00