Leveraging Deep Neural Networks in Hearing Aids
New deep neural network noise reduction technology found in Phonak Audéo Sphere Infinio improves listening effort for hearing aid users.
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Children and the Development of Listening and Talking Skills: An Interview with Carol Flexer, PhD
Dr Flexer is an expert in the development and expansion of listening, speaking, and literacy skills in infants and children, including those with all degrees of hearing loss.
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Better Hearing is Better Living
This study supports the idea that modern hearing aid technology improves patients’ quality of life to a greater extent than shown in previous studies. While it is not possible to determine the degree of the direct relationship, it appears that own voice processing leads to talking more in important communication situations, and, in turn, helps lead to this improvement.
These Hearing Aids Make Everything Sound Digital!
It is conceivable that the modern digitization process reduces the extraneous hearing aid (microphone) noise too much and a clinical strategy would be to reprogram the hearing aid with minimal expansion implemented in the hearing aid software.
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A Comparison of Feedback Cancellation Systems in Premier Hearing Aids
This study, which replicates earlier research on feedback cancellation (FBC) systems, uses three tests to evaluate the various aspects of hearing aid performance directly affected by the FBC: AGBF, Max-REIG, and a sound quality evaluation using Multi-Stimulus Test with Hidden Reference and Anchor (MUSHRA).
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Using Tracking of Noise Tolerance (TNT) as an Outcome Measure for Hearing Aids
The TNT is a reliable and efficient clinical test that allows measurement of a hearing-impaired listener’s tolerance for noise—with and without hearing aids—so that the results can be compared to normal-hearing listeners, among various hearing aid features, and on the same individual over time. This tool may also be useful for estimating potential satisfaction of the fitted hearing aids in real-life noisy environments.
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Field Trial Tests the Sound Quality of ReSound LiNX 3D
In a field trial where recent purchasers of ReSound LiNX2 were refit with ReSound LiNX 3D, subjective outcomes were slightly but significantly improved for ReSound LiNX 3D, with 70% of participants expressing a preference for the sound quality of the newer hearing aid.
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Towards a Firm Grip on Auditory Reality
What is a realistic SNR and how should we test and assess features such as noise reduction algorithms? This article presents two studies that emphasize the importance of auditory reality on the design, fitting, and evaluation of hearing aids—with the hope of moving towards a firm grip on auditory reality.
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A New Own Voice Processing System for Optimizing Communication
The new Signia Nx hearing aids contain Own Voice Processing (OVP™) technology designed to identify when the wearer is speaking. In this way, OVP can employ dual processing for either speech or own-voice conditions.
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Issues in Pediatric Amplification, Auditory Access, and More: An Interview with Ryan McCreery, PhD
With the publication of a new thought-provoking book and a constant stream of high-quality research coming from Ryan M. McCreery, PhD, and his colleagues at Boys Town National Research Hospital, we thought this would be a good opportunity to catch up with Dr McCreery.
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