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OBJECTIVE-To examine the impact of prescription on predicted speech intelligibility and loudness for children. DESIGN-A between-group comparison of Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) and loudness, based on hearing aids fitted according to... more
Auditory distance perception plays a major role in spatial awareness, enabling location of objects and avoidance of obstacles in the environment. However, it remains under-researched relative to studies of the directional aspect of sound... more
The hypothesis is tested that an open-canal hearing device, with a microphone in the ear canal, can be designed to provide amplification over a wide bandwidth and without acoustic feedback. In the design under consideration, a transducer... more
This study examines the ability and development in the comprehension of abstract words with hearing impaired children. The ability to understand abstract words is quite important for their academic learning and adaptation in their school... more
A 23-month-old female was referred for hearing aid fitting after failing newborn hearing screening and being diagnosed with significant hearing loss through subsequent diagnostic testing. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) and behavioral... more
TACTILE VOCODERS are sensory substitution devices that present sound information to persons with profound hearing loss who benefit little from conventional hearing aids. These devices utilise the 'vocoder' principle developed for speech... more
This paper evaluated the performance of an envelope enhancement (EE) algorithm subjectively by children with auditory processing disorder (APD), and objectively through computational models. Speech intelligibility data was collected from... more
Purpose: The aims of this study were to determine if a remotely-delivered, internet-based auditory training program improves speech-in-noise understanding and if the number of hours spent engaged in the program influences... more
Objective: The aim of this study is to quantify changes in quality of life due to the use of BAHA. Patients and method: Twenty-eight patients were included. The instrument used to quantify the change in quality of life was the Glasgow... more
Objectives/Hypothesis: Systematically review the literature on the clinical outcome of bone conduction devices (BCD) and contralateral routing of sound systems (CROSS) for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD).
Autism is a pervasive and complex developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, atypical communication and restricted, repetitive and stereotypical patterns of behaviours, activities and interests [1]. Individuals... more
This study aimed to assess the extent and implications of short-term hearing fluctuation in Meniere's disease. Thirty-six subjects diagnosed with Meniere's were recruited to measure their own hearing using in-situ audiometry via a hearing... more
The purpose of this study was to compare vowel productions by deaf cochlear implant (CI) children, hearing-impaired hearing aid (HA) children and normal-hearing (NH) children. 73 children [mean age: 9;14 years (years;months)]... more
A novel algorithm for frequency lowering in music was developed and experimentally tested in hearing-impaired listeners. Harmonic frequency lowering (HFL) combines frequency transposition and frequency compression to preserve the harmonic... more
Background: Sound therapy coupled with appropriate counseling has gained widespread acceptance in the audiological management of tinnitus. For many years, ear level sound generators (SGs) have been used to provide masking relief and to... more
The round window placement of a floating mass transducer (FMT) is a new approach for coupling an implantable hearing system to the cochlea. We evaluated the vibration transfer to the cochlear fluids of an FMT placed at the round window... more
Very few assessment measures exist for evaluating progress in young deaf children with hearing aids and cochlear implants. To introduce and describe an early assessment package that covers auditory perception, communication/language... more
Lunner T, Hellgren J, Arlinger S, Elberling C. Non-linear signal processing in digital hearing aids. Scand Audiol 1998;27 Suppl 49: 40-49. Three different non-linear digital signal processing algorithms were developed: LinEar, DynEar and... more
Objective: The fact that vibration of the skull causes a hearing sensation has been known since the 19th century. This mode of hearing was termed hearing by bone conduction. Although there has been more than a century of research on... more
Historically, the primary concern for hearing aid design and fitting is optimization for speech inputs. However, increasingly other types of inputs are being investigated and this is certainly the case for music. Whether the hearing aid... more
Hearing impairment (HI) affects 1/6 of the total population in the UK, this figure is rising due to ageing of the population from the baby-boom era (Matthews, 2014). It has been noted that HI can have a substantial impact on one’s life,... more
Objectives: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) remains one of the most common childhood chronic infectious diseases worldwide. Although microbial, immunological, and genetically determined factors, as well as Eustachian tube... more
Investigations have shown that patient attitudes toward hearing loss and hearing aids impact self-reported handicap and disability, hearing aid benefit, and hearing aid use. The Attitudes towards Loss of Hearing Questionnaire (ALHQ) was... more
Unter den sensorineuralen Schwerhörigkeiten ist die in ihrer Häufigkeit unterschätzte und in ihrer phänotypischen Ausprägung sehr variable auditorische Synaptopathie/Neuropathie (AS/AN) stärker in unser Blickfeld gerückt. Dabei liegt eine... more
The mechanical point impedance of the human skull is an important patient property to consider in the design of both transducers for bone-anchored hearing aids (baha) and artificial test devices for the baha. This property has also a... more
A subjective listening test was conducted to determine how objectionable various amounts of latency are for performers in live monitoring scenarios. Several popular instruments were used and the results of tests with wedge monitors are... more
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To compare verbal short-term memory and visual working memory abilities of six children with congenital hearing-impairment identified as having significant language learning difficulties with normative data from typically hearing children... more
Hearing aid amplification can be used as a model for studying the effects of auditory stimulation on the central auditory system (CAS). We examined the effects of stimulus presentation level on the physiological detection of sound in... more
O t o l a r y n g o l o g i a P o l s k a t o m 6 5 , n r 3 , m a j -c z e r w i e c 2 0 11 KAZUISTYKA / CASE REPORTS 236 Kazimierz Niemczyk, Krzysztof Morawski, Magdalena Lachowska, SUMMARY The aim of this study is to present... more
Tinnitus (the phantom perception of sound) often accompanies hearing loss. Two common methods for managing tinnitus are masking (Vernon and Meikle, 2000) and auditory habituation therapy (Jastreboff, 2000). Hearing aids are often used to... more