Sound processing in the human auditory system is complex and highly non-linear, whereas hearing aids (HAs) still rely on simplified descriptions of or loss to restore hearing. Even though standard HA amplification strategies succeed restoring audibility faint sounds, they fall short providing targeted treatments for sensorineural deficits adverse listening conditions. These shortcomings current...

A novel approach to hearing-aid signal processing is described, which attempts to re-establish a normal neural representation in the sensorineural impaired auditory system. Most hearing-aid 5tting procedures are based on heuristics or some initial qualitative theory. These theories, such as loudness normalization, loudness equalization or maximal intelligibility can give vastly di(erent results...

Background: Congenital hearing loss is one of the most prevalent sensory impairments with severe consequences when undetected. The objective neonatal screening to identify shortly after birth initiate treatment as soon possible and allow affected children enjoy normal development. aim study was determine prevalence predisposing factors HI among neonates in a tertiary care centre Idukki district...

1 Recent advances in basic science, technology and treatments have increased our abilities to manage hearing and balance diseases more effectively. Advances in molecular genetics have allowed better understanding of congenital and hereditary hearing loss. The advent of regenerative medicine led to auditory hair cell regeneration in laboratory animals. Advances in hearing aids, cochlear implants...

A case report is presented of a 62-year-old software product manager who had normal hearing in one ear and a congenital profound hearing loss in the other ear and then sustained a sudden sensorineural hearing loss in the only hearing ear. The approach to amplification decisions, cochlear implant evaluation, and rehabilitation options are discussed. Providing aural rehabilitation and continually...

OBJECTIVES we studied visual acuity (VA) and co-existing hearing impairment and poor standing balance as predictors of falls. DESIGN prospective study with 1-year follow-up. SETTING research laboratory and residential environment. PARTICIPANTS 428 women aged 63-76 years from the Finnish Twin Study on Aging. MEASUREMENTS participants were followed up for incidence of falls over 1 year. V...

Modern digital hearing aids provide unprecedented means of compensating for hearing impairments. However, this comes at the price of adjusting complex processing parameters. To achieve an individual optimum, all processing parameters have to be carefully preand re-adjusted. The required time and effort can often not be made available. To provide an independent means of optimizing speech intelli...

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the width bony cochlear nerve canal (BCNC) in children with congenital sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and "normal" findings on thin section temporal bone CT. Material methods: BCNC retrospectively evaluated two groups patients. group included 11 (22 canals) aged 2-12 years, congenital, bilateral SNHL who underwent implantation (CI) from Jul...

objectives: language development is often very slower in hearing impaired children compared with their normal peers. hearing impairment during childhood affects all aspects of speech production and language acquisition. it seems that hearing impaired people suffer from language and speech impairments such as production of complex linguistic structures. the purpose of this study is to determine ...