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Hearing aids
(Hodder Arnold, 2008)Hearing aids partially overcome the deficits associated with a hearing loss. For a sensorineural hearing loss, there are several deficits to be overcome. Some sounds are inaudible. Other sounds can be detected because part ... -
Hearing Protection Devices: Use at Work Predicts use at Play
(Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2015)Use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) at work is widespread and well researched, but less is known about HPD usage in high-noise leisure activities. This study investigated 8,144 Downloaded by [National Acoustic Labs], ... -
Hearing protection for clubbers is music to their ears
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Hearing protectors and people
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Hearing threshold shifts among 11 − 35 year olds with early hearing impairment.
(Ear & Hearing, 2017)Data obtained from the clinical records of selected 11-to 35-year-olds with preadult onset hearing impairment were analyzed with two primary aims: (1) to determine the incidence of hearing threshold level (HTL) shift in ... -
Hearing-aid assembly management among adults from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: Toward the feasibility of self-fi tting hearing aids
(Informa Healthcare, 2013)Objective: The purpose of the study was twofold: (1) to assess the ability of hearing-impaired adults in the developing world to independently and accurately assemble a pair of hearing aids by following instructions that ... -
A high-performance, flexible, and cost-efficient auditory 1 evoked response 2 recording system appropriate for research purposes
(2014)The recording of auditory evoked responses (AER) is used in hospitals and clinics worldwide for hearing impairments detection and threshold estimation, and in research centers to understand and model the mechanisms ... -
Identification of Conductive Hearing Loss Using Air Conduction Tests Alone: Reliability and Validity of an Automatic Test Battery
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2014-01)The primary objective of this study was to determine whether a combination of automatically administered pure-tone audiometry and a tone-in-noise detection task, both delivered via an air conduction (AC) pathway, could ... -
Impact of the presence of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) on outcomes of children at three years of age
(2013)Objective—To determine the influence of the presence of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) on speech, language, and psycho-social development of children at three years of age. -
The impact of unilateral hearing loss on adult life
(Hearing Review, 2019)There is a need to improve awareness and to better understand the impact and struggles of people who have unilateral hearing loss (UHL), the audiologists who treats them, and those who work, live and socialise with them. ... -
Improving self-efficacy for hearing aid self-management: the early delivery of a multimedia-based education programme in first-time hearing aid users
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In-situ audiometry: How low-frequency leakage can affect prescribed gain and perception.
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The influence of social interaction and physical health on the association between hearing and depression with age and gender
(Trends in Hearing, 2016)Recent epidemiological data suggest the relation between hearing difficulty and depression is more evident in younger and middle-aged populations than in older adults. There are also suggestions that the relation may be ... -
Intelligibility of Speech Produced by Children with hearing loss
(Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies & Hearing Aids, 2015)This study aimed to 1) investigate the influence of nonlinear frequency compression (NLFC) in hearing aids on intelligibility of speech produced by children with hearing loss; and 2) examine whether clinicians’ or parents’ ... -
Investigating the interaction between dichotic deficits and cognitive abilities using the Dichotic Digits difference Test (DDdT)
(2015-08)Background: The Dichotic Digits difference Test (DDdT) was developed in order to investigate the relationship between dichotic processing and cognitive abilities and, through the use of differential test scores, to provide ...