Oticon Hearing Aid with User-Intent Sensors Now Available to Veterans
The Oticon Intent hearing aid is now available for veterans, and features technology that dynamically adjusts to the wearer's listening needs.
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Researchers Find Two Biomarkers Involved in Speech in Noise
A pair of biomarkers of brain function—one that represents “listening effort,” and another that...
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AERPs Reflect Complexity of Word Recognition
The audiologist or researcher in search of a quantifiable index of “listening effort” need look no further than the PN component of the auditory event-related potential (AERP).
Multi-center Evidence of Reduced Listening Effort Using New Hearing Aid Technology
This review of clinical studies from three leading hearing aid research centers shows a consistent trend for the Signia primax features to significantly reduce listening effort. Moreover, research from one site revealed that speech recognition performance for hearing-impaired listeners (pure-tone average 35-60 dB) using the primax Narrow Directionality algorithm was equal to that of normal-hearing individuals for the same speech-in-noise task.
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Listening Effort, Speech Intelligibility, and Narrow Directionality
This article outlines results from an experiment at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) using a narrow-directionality (binaural beamformer) feature, and shows the advantage of this type of directional feature in situations where listening to a frontal target speech is a challenging task, and a closed fitting is acceptable.
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Clinical Studies Show Advanced Hearing Aid Technology Reduces Listening Effort
Effortful listening and cognitive load negatively impact simultaneous mental processes, leading to listening fatigue, and often to rejection of hearing aids. A study using EEG activity to assess listening suggests that Signia primax hearing aids reduce listening effort.
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Signia Unveils Primax Hearing Aids
Signia, the new hearing aid brand from Sivantos, has unveiled primax, described as the company’s most advanced hearing aid platform to date, and the first technology clinically proven by independent studies to reduce listening effort throughout the day while providing “better than normal” hearing in challenging listening environments.
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