Category: Speech in Noise

Split-processing in Hearing Aids Reduces Neural Signatures of Speech-in-Noise Listening Effort

This study uses the electroencephalogram (EEG) and synchronous “alpha” activity over the parietal lobe of the brain to assess listening effort. The researchers find that the intelligibility advantages offered by Signia Augmented Focus hearing aids lead to less effortful listening across a range of SNRs typical of difficult listening environments.

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Oticon Expands Polaris Platform with New MiniBTE Solutions

Oticon announces the expansion of the potential of Polaris to its newest portfolio of solutions to “offer more patients a life full of sound.”  The addition of two new miniBTE solutions helps give hearing care professionals “the ability to meet the diverse needs and preferences of more patients with the superior sound quality of Oticon More,” according to the company.

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A 10-Year Review of the Earlens System, Part 3: What’s the Big Deal about Audibility and Broader Audible Bandwidth?

This 3-part series is a high-level review of the data that has accumulated across more than 10 years of clinical research with the technology at the heart of the Earlens system. In Part 1, we dove into the speech understanding data to demonstrate how increasing the audible bandwidth of processed sound results in improved speech understanding performance from several perspectives. In Part 2, we discussed the perceptual benefits to naturalness and overall sound quality. Finally, in Part 3, we’ll deep dive into the restoration of audibility and how the Earlens approach to overall audibility improvement is reliably achieved in fittings via direct drive—as well as who may benefit from this. 

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