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

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：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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether older adults can use voice information to unmask speech. DESIGN:Under a voice-priming condition, before a target-speech sentence was presented with a noise or speech masker, one or two voice-priming sentences were recited with the same voice reciting the target sentence. Eighteen young...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Huang Y,Xu L,Wu X,Li L

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Compare speech performance in noise with matched bilateral cochlear implant (CICI) and unilateral cochlear implant (CI only) users. DESIGN:Thirty CICI and 30 CI-only subjects were tested on a battery of speech perception tests in noise that use an eight-loudspeaker array. RESULTS:On average, CICI subject's ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Dunn CC,Noble W,Tyler RS,Kordus M,Gantz BJ,Ji H

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Click and galvanic stimulations of vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (c-VEMP and g-VEMP) were applied to measure the interaural difference (IAD) of saccular responses in patients with acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss (ALHL). This study intended to explore the relationship between saccular asymmetr...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Wang CT,Fang KM,Young YH,Cheng PW

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：: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:To determine whether (1) the auditory N1 component can be elicited to gaps in continuous narrowband noises, (2) psychophysical and electrophysiological gap thresholds (PGTs and EGTs) are similar to one another, and (3) EGTs are the same for all narrowband noise center frequencies. DESIGN:PGTs and EGTs were ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Atcherson SR,Gould HJ,Mendel MI,Ethington CA

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：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：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:(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:Evaluating the effect of anxiety and depression on clinical measures of general health, tinnitus-specific quality of life, and coping abilities. DESIGN:Two hundred sixty-five chronic, subjective tinnitus sufferers were divided into four psychological symptom groups according to cut-off scores on anxiety and ...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Bartels H,Middel BL,van der Laan BF,Staal MJ,Albers FW

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The ability of human listeners to identify consonants (presented as nonsense syllables) on the basis of primarily temporal information was compared with the predictions of a simple model based on the amplitude modulation spectra of the stimuli calculated for six octave-spaced carrier frequencies (250 to 8000...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Gallun F,Souza P

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：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:To investigate the music perception skills of adult cochlear implant (CI) users in comparison with hearing aid (HA) users who have similar levels of hearing impairment. It was hypothesized that the HA users would perform better than the CI recipients on tests involving pitch, instrument, and melody perceptio...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Looi V,McDermott H,McKay C,Hickson L

更新日期：2008-06-01 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:The aim was to compare outcomes in the domain of self-reported hearing handicap across groups of patients fit with one versus two cochlear implants (CI, CI + CI), or with an implant and a hearing aid (HA) in the nonimplanted ear (CI + HA). DESIGN:The design was retrospective, and a preliminary step was to fa...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Noble W,Tyler R,Dunn C,Bhullar N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper will provide a backdrop to the others in this section on outcomes of children with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Our objective here is to provide an overview of the research approaches used to study the outcomes of these children to provide guidance for future studies of children with mild to...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Tomblin B,Hebbeler K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Early identification of permanent childhood hearing loss through universal newborn hearing screening is rapidly becoming a standard of care. However, it is well recognized that hearing screening must be embedded within a comprehensive system of rehabilitation and parent support services. This study was undert...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Fitzpatrick E,Coyle DE,Durieux-Smith A,Graham ID,Angus DE,Gaboury I

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the additional perceptual benefit provided to children through the use of two cochlear implants in comparison to one after 6 to 13 mo experience with sequential bilateral implants. DESIGN:A second cochlear implant was received by 11 children. The principal selection criteria were being age 4 to 1...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Galvin KL,Mok M,Dowell RC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While the cochlear implant provides many deaf patients with good speech understanding in quiet, music perception and appreciation with the cochlear implant remains a major challenge for most cochlear implant users. The present study investigated whether a closed-set melodic contour identification (MCI) task c...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Galvin JJ 3rd,Fu QJ,Nogaki G

更新日期：2007-06-01 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:This study was conducted to examine improvements of cognitive abilities after cochlear implantation in deaf children. We also examined the psychosocial factors that predict good outcomes of cochlear implantation. DESIGN:A neuropsychological test battery was administered to 17 deaf children (mean age, 7 yr 2...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Shin MS,Kim SK,Kim SS,Park MH,Kim CS,Oh SH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was aimed to examine the relationship between psychophysical performance in temporal and spectral resolution and Mandarin tone recognition in noise by cochlear-implant (CI) listeners. DESIGN:Seventeen Nucleus-24 implant users, 10 postlingually deafened and 7 prelingually deafened, participa...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Wei C,Cao K,Jin X,Chen X,Zeng FG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Temporal envelope and periodicity components (TEPC) in the speech signal have potentials to offer important cues for speech recognition especially in tonal languages. The aims of this study are: (i) to investigate the degree of contributions of TEPC to lexical tone identification in Cantonese; and (ii) to in...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Yuen KC,Yuan M,Lee T,Soli S,Tong MC,van Hasselt CA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association between hearing impairment and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in an older population, using the self-administered 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). DESIGN:Participants of the Blue Mountains Hearing Study (BMHS, N = 2956) attended a comprehensive interview and hearin...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Chia EM,Wang JJ,Rochtchina E,Cumming RR,Newall P,Mitchell P

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study completed an evidence-based practice systematic review of the nonacoustic benefits for adult patients receiving bone-anchored hearing aid(s) (BAHAs) relative to other forms of amplification (i.e., none, bone-conduction hearing aids [BCHAs], or air-conduction hearing aids [ACHAs]). DESIGN:Systemati...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Johnson CE,Danhauer JL,Reith AC,Latiolais LN

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

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：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: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：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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate streamlined programming procedures for the Nucleus cochlear implant system with the Contour electrode array. DESIGN:Phase 1 involved an examination of the clinical MAPs for the first 103 recipients implanted with the Contour electrode array in the Melbourne Cochlea...

journal_title：Ear and hearing

authors： Plant K,Law MA,Whitford L,Knight M,Tari S,Leigh J,Pedley K,Nel E

更新日期：2005-12-01 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