Acoustic and hearing aid circuit variables affecting the tolerability of aided impulsive-type sounds.

Vibrotactile Identification of Signal-Processed Sounds from Environmental Events Presented by a Portable Vibrator: A Laboratory Study

Objectives: To evaluate different signal-processing algorithms for tactile identification of environmental sounds in a monitoring aid for the deafblind. Two men and three women, sensorineurally deaf or profoundly hearing impaired with experience of vibratory experiments, age 22-36 years. Methods: A closed set of 45 representative environmental sounds were processed using two transposing (TRH...

Conformity of the real-ear aided response with the target response from the DSL v5 formula

Objectives: Real ear measurement plays a critical role in children’s hearing aid fitting. This study aimed to evaluate the conformity of measured and predicted real-ear aided response (REAR) of prescribed formula desired sensation level (DSL) v5 Pediatric in children aged 4 to 7 years. Since there is limited information about the effect of the degree of hearing loss (DOHL), ethnicity, gender, a...

Neural representation of amplified speech sounds.

OBJECTIVE To determine if (1) evoked potentials elicited by amplified speech sounds (/si/ and /[symbol: see text]/) can be recorded reliably in individuals, (2) amplification alters neural response patterns, and (3) different amplified speech sounds evoke different neural patterns. DESIGN Cortical evoked potentials were recorded in sound field from seven normal-hearing young adults in respons...

Testing the acoustic tolerance of harbour porpoise hearing for impulsive sounds

The Relationship Between Acceptable Noise Level and Initial Acceptance of Hearing Aid

Introduction: The Acceptable Noise Level (ANL) evaluates the willingness of a listener to hear a continuous speech in the presence of background noise. ANL is related to some variables. Although many studies were accomplished on the relationship between ANL and hearing aid satisfaction, no study was found for the usage of ANL as the predictor of initial hearing aid acquisition. Therefore, the c...