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Caring for musicians’ ears: Insights from audiologists and manufacturers reveal need for evidence-based guidelines.
(2017)
Objective: This study investigated clinical care delivered to musicians in Australia by audiologists and manufacturers of musicians’hearing protectors. Design: Audiologists with experience treating musicians were invited ...
Assessing self-management of hearing impairment in older adults
(2017)
To evaluate the capacity of a self-management assessment tool to identify unmet hearing health care (HHC) needs; to determine whether such an assessment yields novel and clinically useful information.
Design: Hearing loss ...
Evaluation of the NAL dynamic conversations test in older listeners with hearing loss
(International Journal of Audiology, 2017)
The National Acoustic Laboratories Dynamic Conversations Test (NAL-DCT) is a new test of speech comprehension that
incorporates a realistic environment and dynamic speech materials that capture certain features of everyday ...
A Questionnaire-Based Algorithm for Assessing Occupational Noise Exposure of Construction Workers
(Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2017)
Abstract
Objectives Occupational noise exposure is a major cause of hearing loss worldwide. In order to inform preventative strategies, we need to further understand at a population level which workers are most at ...
Programming characteristics of cochlear implants in children: effects of etiology and age at implantation
(2017)
Objective: We investigated effects of etiology and age at implantation on changes in threshold (T) levels, comfortable (C) levels and dynamic range (DR) for cochlear implants (CIs) in children over the first five years of ...
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 ...
Factors associated with successful setup of a self-fitting hearing aid and the need for personalized support
(2017)
Objectives: Self-fitting hearing aids have the potential to increase the accessibility of hearing 3 health care. The aims of this study were to: (1) identify factors that are associated with the 4 ability to successfully ...