BACKGROUND Hearing threshold estimation based on cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) has been applied for some decades. However, available research is scarce evaluating the accuracy of this technique with an automated paradigm for the objective detection of CAEPs. PURPOSE To determine the difference between behavioral and CAEP thresholds detected using an objective paradigm based on t...

When speech recognition testing is performed under diotic conditions, some elderly persons with asymmetric hearing loss exhibit a phenomenon in which the performance of the poorer ear interferes with that of the better ear. This binaural interference phenomenon has been estimated to occur in 8 to 10 percent of elderly hearing aid users. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the pr...

This study investigated the benefits of differences between sentences in fundamental frequency (F0) and temporal onset for sentence pairs among listener groups differing in age and hearing sensitivity. Two experiments were completed with the primary difference between experiments being the way in which the stimuli were presented. Experiment 1 used blocked stimulus presentation, which ultimately...

Twenty-six adolescents and young adults with Down’s syndrome and 26 IQand CA-matched youth with other causes of intellectual impairment (comparison group) repeated a battery of audiological and auditory-cognitive tests on three annual assessments. Audiological tests revealed the following differences between the group with Down’s syndrome and the comparison group: a) Poorer acuity and longitudi...

BACKGROUND The high incidence of age-related hearing loss demands accessible, low cost hearing screenings for prevention and hearing health promotion. This study assessed performance of self report (SR) against audiometry, and prevalence of hearing difficulty when screening hearing in middle-aged and younger adults, including smokers and nonsmokers. METHODS Prospective participants (N = 219) ...

OBJECTIVE To assess sound field auditory thresholds of hearing-impaired adults by using auditory steady-state evoked responses (ASSRs). DESIGN ASSRs were recorded to carrier frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz, each uniquely modulated at a single frequency of 80-100 Hz. ASSR thresholds were compared to behavioral auditory thresholds. STUDY SAMPLE Twenty adults (11 male, age 35.6 yea...

Hearing impaired listeners heavily rely on facial expressions and unfiltered speech signals for a sufficient understanding. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic face masks are worn by almost everyone every day. They therefore interfere especially with communication of hearing listeners.

The Tickle Talker, an eight-channel electrotactile speech processor, has been developed from continuing research at the University of Melbourne. 'The development of the device has focused on production of reliable speech-processing hardware, design ofcosmetically and ergonometrically acceptable electrode transducers, implementation of acute and chronic biomedical studies demonstrating device sa...

Hearing loss does not only bother the hearing impaired subjects themselves but also significant others (SOS). So far little attention has been paid to these partners in auditory rehabilitation. The aim of presented study was investigate who is affected most.

The goal of this paper was to determine the effects pandemic on Special Education teachers teaching hearing impaired (HI) students. This qualitative-quantitative research designed see how COVID-19 affected who were educating hearing-impaired students during mandated school closures in March 2020A three-part standardized and customized questionnaire with open-ended interview questions given spec...