How Much Speech People Think They Understand Drives Reactions to Noise
Understanding how and why people react to background noise could help in finding effective intervention strategies.
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A Method to Evaluate the Effect of Signal Processing on the Temporal Envelope of Speech
How do hearing aid features such as compression, noise reduction, and directional microphones affect the amplitude of the temporal envelope in the processed sound? Here is a new hearing aid pre-selection tool for clinicians.
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Widex Audiological Summit 2017 Announced
The Widex Audiological Summit 2017—an event showcasing future trends and insights in hearing aid design, audiology, and business solutions—kicks off in Copenhagen on May 3-5.
CROS Your Heart: Renewed Hope for People with Asymmetric Hearing Losses
In selecting a CROS system, it is important to understand how the CROS system is designed to ensure the highest sound quality and SNR for as many situations as possible. This paper summarizes the current audiological thinking in the treatment of asymmetrical hearing loss.
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Efficacy of an Open-Fitting Hearing Aid
Although vent diameter decreases the directivity index of a directional hearing aid, a significant directional and noise reduction benefit is still available even with an open fitting. This study suggests that open fittings appear to be most beneficial (or least compromising) for people with milder hearing losses, or precipitous loss with normal low-frequency hearing where SNR loss may be milder.
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Changing with the Times: Managing Low-Frequency Hearing Loss
Current thinking on managing a low frequency hearing loss supports the use of broadband, multichannel WDRC hearing aids. In this way, both the low frequency and mid-to-high frequency cochlear fibers can be stimulated. This article examines the issues and decisions involved when fitting reverse-slope losses.
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DSP: Past, Present, and Future
Eight experts weigh in on the present and future course of digital signal processing technology in hearing instruments.
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