Evaluation of a semi-supervised self-adjustment fine-tuning procedure for hearing aids for asymmetrical hearing loss.

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q2 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

International Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI:10.1080/14992027.2024.2406884

Jonathan Albert Gößwein, Josef Chalupper, Manuel Kohl, Martin Kinkel, Birger Kollmeier, Jan Rennies

{"title":"Evaluation of a semi-supervised self-adjustment fine-tuning procedure for hearing aids for asymmetrical hearing loss.","authors":"Jonathan Albert Gößwein, Josef Chalupper, Manuel Kohl, Martin Kinkel, Birger Kollmeier, Jan Rennies","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2406884","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study investigated a previously evaluated self-adjustment procedure with respect to its applicability for asymmetrical hearing loss (AHL). Self-adjusted settings were evaluated for speech recognition in noise and sound preference.Design: Participants were given the possibility to adjust the left and right hearing aid separately using a two-dimensional user interface. Two different adjustment sequences were tested. Realistic everyday sound scenes in a laboratory environment were presented. The difference between the ears regarding their speech recognition in noise was tested with two spatial conditions, unaided as well as with the prescriptive formula and the self-adjusted setting.Study sample: Nineteen experienced hearing aid users (median age 76 years) with different degrees of AHL were invited to participate in this study.Results: Participants adjusted a higher gain slope across frequency in the worse ear than in the better one. The two adjustment sequences resulted in significantly different adjustment durations and gain settings. The difference between the ears regarding speech recognition in noise did not change with the self-adjustment. Overall, group-mean effect sizes were small compared to the parameter space.Conclusions: The adjustment procedure can be used also by hearing aid users with AHL to find a possibly preferred gain setting.","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Audiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2024.2406884","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objective: This study investigated a previously evaluated self-adjustment procedure with respect to its applicability for asymmetrical hearing loss (AHL). Self-adjusted settings were evaluated for speech recognition in noise and sound preference.

Design: Participants were given the possibility to adjust the left and right hearing aid separately using a two-dimensional user interface. Two different adjustment sequences were tested. Realistic everyday sound scenes in a laboratory environment were presented. The difference between the ears regarding their speech recognition in noise was tested with two spatial conditions, unaided as well as with the prescriptive formula and the self-adjusted setting.

Study sample: Nineteen experienced hearing aid users (median age 76 years) with different degrees of AHL were invited to participate in this study.

Results: Participants adjusted a higher gain slope across frequency in the worse ear than in the better one. The two adjustment sequences resulted in significantly different adjustment durations and gain settings. The difference between the ears regarding speech recognition in noise did not change with the self-adjustment. Overall, group-mean effect sizes were small compared to the parameter space.

Conclusions: The adjustment procedure can be used also by hearing aid users with AHL to find a possibly preferred gain setting.

查看原文本刊更多论文

评估针对不对称听力损失的助听器的半监督式自我调整微调程序。

研究目的本研究对之前评估过的一种自我调整程序进行了调查，以确定其是否适用于不对称听力损失（AHL）。自我调节设置针对噪音中的语音识别和声音偏好进行了评估：设计：参与者可以通过二维用户界面分别调节左右两个助听器。测试了两种不同的调节顺序。在实验室环境中呈现真实的日常声音场景。研究样本：研究样本：19 位经验丰富的助听器用户（中位年龄 76 岁）应邀参加了此次研究，他们患有不同程度的 AHL：结果：参试者在不同频率下调整增益斜率时，听力较差的那只耳朵比听力较好的那只耳朵的增益斜率要高。两种调节顺序导致了明显不同的调节持续时间和增益设置。两只耳朵在噪声中的语音识别能力差异并没有随着自我调整而改变。总体而言，与参数空间相比，组均效应大小较小：结论：患有 AHL 的助听器用户也可以使用调节程序来找到可能喜欢的增益设置。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

International Journal of Audiology 医学-耳鼻喉科学

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

14.80%

发文量

133

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Audiology is committed to furthering development of a scientifically robust evidence base for audiology. The journal is published by the British Society of Audiology, the International Society of Audiology and the Nordic Audiological Society.