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Self-fitting hearing aids: status quo and future predictions
(Trends in Hearing, 2016)
Better visuospatial working memory in adults who report profound deafness compared to those with normal or poor hearing: data from the UK Biobank resource
(Ear & Hearing, 2016)
Profound deafness and visuospatial working memory
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Introduction
Experimental work has shown better visuospatial working memory (VSWM) in profoundly deaf individuals compared to those with normal hearing. Other data, ...
Evaluation of the self-fitting process with a commercially available hearing aid
(Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 2016)
Background: Hearing aids and personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) that are designed to be self-fitted by the user at home are becoming increasingly available in the online marketplace. While these devices are often ...
Development of Telscreen: a telephone-based speech-in-noise hearing screening test with a novel masking noise and scoring procedure
(International Journal of Audiology, 2016)
Objective: In 2006 the National Acoustic Laboratories was commissioned to create a telephone-based hearing screening test. Design: NAL
developed ‘Telscreen’, a speech-in-noise test modelled on the Dutch and UK telephone ...
An estimation of the whole-of-life noise exposure of adolescent and young adult Australians with hearing impairment
(Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 2016)
Since amplified music gained widespread popularity, there has been community concern that leisure-noise exposure may cause hearing loss in adolescents and young adults who would otherwise be free from hearing impairment. ...
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 ...
Effects of spectral smearing on performance of the spectral ripple and spectro-temporal 1 ripple tests
(The Hearing CRC, University of Melbourne, 2016)