The human brain is finely tuned not only to recognize particular sounds, but also to determine which direction they came from. By comparing differences in sounds that reach the right and left ear, the brain can estimate the location of a barking dog, wailing fire engine, or approaching car.
The results, published in “Scientific Reports,” confirm that newborn neural encoding of voice pitch is comparable to the adults’ abilities after three years of being exposed to language.
These models will ultimately enable development of next-generation programming strategies that rely on these computational simulations of implant performance to find programming settings that greatly improve sound quality for cochlear implant users compared to the traditional programming approach.
The researchers found that noise trauma causes substantially greater changes in neural processing of complex sounds compared with age-related metabolic loss, potentially explaining large differences in speech perception commonly seen between people with the same clinically defined degree of hearing loss based on an audiogram.
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To assess the effect of training on speech perception in noise, a group of pre-lingually hearing impaired cochlear implant users with years of cochlear implant experience was compared with normal hearing young adults.
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The guidelines are suitable for the parents of children with hearing impairments, early childhood education providers, teachers, speech therapists, and other rehabilitators of children with hearing disabilities, as well as the hearing-impaired themselves.
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The guidelines are suitable for the parents of children with hearing impairments, early childhood education providers, teachers, speech therapists, and other rehabilitators of children with hearing disabilities, as well as the hearing-impaired themselves.
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Improved modeling for speech and music transduction could boost the performance of cochlear implants.
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Improved modeling for speech and music transduction could boost the performance of cochlear implants.
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Aiding asymmetric losses—especially in cases with very distorted perception of speech and discomfort—can be very frustrating. I think trying amplification initially is required, but the process will be difficult, especially when there is a better ear to compare to.
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Aiding asymmetric losses—especially in cases with very distorted perception of speech and discomfort—can be very frustrating. I think trying amplification initially is required, but the process will be difficult, especially when there is a better ear to compare to.
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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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The ability of OSN to preserve speech coming from different locations allows access to other talkers in the background, which is said to be fundamental to incidental learning in school-age children.
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A new Northwestern University study provides the first evidence that infants’ increasingly precise perceptual tuning to the sounds of their native language sets constraints on the range of human languages they will link to cognition.
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Audio engineer Robert Schulein, known for his work at Shure, Etymotic Research, and RBS Consultants, died peacefully in his home on New Years’ Day 2019 after a valiant, seven-year battle with cancer.
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Overall, the findings of this study demonstrate that the two new CROS/BiCROS systems from Signia—the Pure 312 Nx CROS with Narrow directionality and the Silk Nx CROS—provide a superior solution to the daily listening problems encountered by people with SSD.
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In honor of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Microsoft announced this new feature—powered by artificial intelligence (AI)—which provides captions and subtitles for presentations in real time.
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With a better understanding of cortical brain changes associated with hearing loss, the potential to develop objective brain-based tools (ie, biomarkers) increases. These tools may help clinicians determine when a patient should receive intervention, what kind of intervention or rehabilitation would be ideal, and may offer the ability to monitor how well a chosen intervention or rehabilitation method is working. Prominent researchers Anu Sharma and Hannah Glick explain why.
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