This paper compares the evidence-based outcomes between cochlear implants and hearing aids during the past several decades. Despite many similarities, there are also some important differences that define the progress for the two disciplines. Perhaps the most significant distinction exists in terms of the difference between the Food and Drug Administration's treatment of hearing aids as Class I...

is a line of identifiers: the U.S. patent number, the date the patent was issued, the number given the inventor's application for a patent, and the date the application was filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Digital Wearing Aid and Method: Kopke-Wolfgang, Wiener-Peter, Maas-Rainer. Eggerl-Albert. GotzeGerd-Wolfgang. To match the operation of a digital hear-ing aid directly to user r...

This paper focused on the comfort afforded by 3 models of hearing protection devices. Devices were selected and, after being tested in a real occupational context, evaluated using a questionnaire regarding different comfort indexes. In this way, it was possible to compare the “performance” of the hearing protectors regarding the comfort indexes, and to determine which one, globally, has afforde...

While hearing protection devices (HPD) have been the last and often only line of defense against noise-induced hearing loss in the workplace, their performance has been suspect. Laboratory evaluations have not proven to predict the actual performance of HPD in the field. Individual fit testing of HPD will allow the determination of HPD performance on individual workers, and this will improve th...

Cochlear implant recipients can reduce the challenges they encounter in noisy environments through the use of a remote microphone. Although there are numerous options for delivering the signal from the frequency modulated (FM) transmitter worn by the speaker to the FM receiver coupled to the implant, several have now been verified through research as viable, beneficial arrangements. Recommendat...

OBJECTIVE The usage of personal listening devices (PLDs) is associated with risks of hearing loss. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of music exposure from these devices on high-frequency hearing thresholds of PLD users. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 282 young adults were questioned regarding their listening habits and symptoms associated with PLD listening. Their audiogram ...

The project aimed at developing a software audiometer for hearing loss screening. The proposed software is definitely based on the internal peripherals of the computer without any externals devices. It has functionality to test patient’s hearing by generating pure-tones and masking signal for airconducted or bone-conducted stimuli. Practical hearing losses measurements of hard and normal of hea...

It is well-established that hearing loss does not only lead to a reduction of hearing sensitivity. Large individual differences are typically observed among listeners with hearing impairment in a wide range of suprathreshold auditory measures. In many cases, audiometric thresholds cannot fully account for such individual differences, which make it challenging to find adequate compensation strat...