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{"title":"Exploring factors influencing hearing Aid uptake: insights from a Korean population with unilateral and bilateral hearing loss.","authors":"Heil Noh, Sang Hyun Kwak","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2464624","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2464624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate audiological and nonaudiological predictors of hearing aid (HA) uptake in patients with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) and bilateral hearing loss (BHL).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective study.</p><p><strong>Study samples: </strong>A total of 655 patients with UHL and 3,699 patients with BHL were retrospectively included over a 10-year period. The primary audiological measurements were 4-frequency average pure-tone audiometry, speech discrimination score, hearing loss type, and presence of tinnitus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The HA uptake rates in patients with UHL and BHL were 28.4% and 45.0%, respectively. In the UHL group, no substantial differences were identified between the HA uptake and refusal groups, except for sex. In contrast, the BHL group showed significant differences based on age, sex, and hearing threshold.The significant associations between potential explanatory variables and HA uptake were observed for age, SDS, and tinnitus, with odd ratios of 1.015, 1.004, and 1.251, respectively. The predictive accuracy (discriminating power) was 52.0% for UHL and 55.9% for BHL.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The statistical analysis of this study indicates that audiological predictors accounted for approximately 50% of the impact on HA uptake. Our findings underscore the importance of considering nonaudiological factors during counselling to enhance HA uptake.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1000-1007"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143457609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hearing loss configurations in low- and middle-income countries.","authors":"John Newall, Rebecca Kim, Piers Dawes, Fadwa Alnafjan, Glyn Vaughan, Donna Carkeet, Heba Ghannoum, Bradley McPherson, Nitish Ranjan Patel, Megha Sasidharan, Nitin K Damam, S P Goswami, Geetha Chinnaraj, Dahlia Eka Sartika, Sara Alhanbali, Rebecca A Bartlett, Afzarini Hasnita Ismail, Mike C F Smith, Anup Ghimire, Shankar Shah, Norberto V Martinez, Hubert D Ramos, Ultima Angela Alparce, George A Tavartkiladze, Vigen Bakhshinyan, Maria Boboshko, Annette Kasper, Sione Pifeleti, De Wet Swanepoel, Herman C Myburgh, Caitlin Frisby, Pittayapon Pitathawatchai, Ahmet Atas, Bulent Serbetcioglu, Gonca Sennaroglu, Ozlem Konukseven, Suna Tokgoz Yilmaz, Meral Didem Turkyilmaz, Merve Batuk, Eyyup Kara, Duygu Hayir Senkaya, Gizem Babaoglu, Yesim Oruc, Melek Basak Ozkan, Merve Meral Cetinkaya, Aysenur Kucuk Ceyhan, Inci Adali","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2466746","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2466746","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The majority of individuals with hearing loss worldwide reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but there is limited information regarding the characteristics of hearing loss in these regions. This descriptive study aims to address this knowledge gap by analysing audiogram patterns in LMIC populations. Greater knowledge about the properties of hearing loss in LMICs allows for improved planning of interventions.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Retrospective data from 23 collaborating centres across 16 LMICs were collected. All participants were adults seeking help for hearing problems. A machine learning approach was utilised to classify the hearing threshold data and identify representative profiles. The study comprised 5773 participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed mildly sloping audiometric patterns with varying severity. The patterns differed from previous studies conducted in high-income regions which included more steeply sloping losses. The findings also indicated a higher proportion of more severe levels of hearing loss.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These variations could be attributed to population-level differences in the causative mechanisms of hearing loss in LMICs, such as a higher prevalence of infectious disease-related hearing loss. The results may also reflect differences in health seeking behaviours. This study highlights the need for tailored, scalable, hearing interventions for LMICs.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1027-1034"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143566793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Behavioural and electrophysiological assessment of temporal resolution in normally-hearing listeners with tinnitus.","authors":"Mitra Ghorbani, Mohammad Maarefvand","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2454441","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2454441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Tinnitus and its pathophysiological mechanisms need more investigation because tinnitus may change the typical processing of sounds in the auditory system. Poor temporal resolution, which is not assessed with conventional subjective tinnitus evaluations, has been reported in some tinnitus sufferers.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This study used a gap-in-noise paradigm to assess temporal resolution in tinnitus sufferers using both behavioural and electrophysiologic methods.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>19 participants with unilateral tinnitus and a control group without tinnitus participated in this study. Both wide-band and narrow-band signals were used to investigate the temporal resolution of the whole auditory system and at different frequency regions respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of this study suggest that individuals with tinnitus exhibit poorer-than-normal temporal resolution with both methods especially approaching tinnitus pitches. There was a strong positive association between behavioural and electrophysiological measurements when narrow-band stimuli were used. There was no difference between the acuity of temporal resolution in the tinnitus and the non-tinnitus ears of tinnitus sufferers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study showed the combination of behavioural and electrophysiological methods may overcome the limitations of psychological methods in the detection of tinnitus pitch. More effective identification of tinnitus pitch could be an important step towards better tinnitus management.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"991-999"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143065470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceptions of a common hearing aid outcomes questionnaire within a humanitarian effort in the Dominican Republic.","authors":"Katherine Riedstra, Ashok Jagasia, Uzma S Akhtar","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2502443","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2502443","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1093-1094"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparing UK patients' experiences of NHS audiology care using a newly translated English version of the consumer quality index (CQI) <i>'audiology care'</i> questionnaire.","authors":"Perindi Patel, Kevin J Munro, Jonathan O Parsons, Antonia Marsden, Antje Heinrich","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2477037","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2477037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Following the adaptation of a patient-reported experience measure (PREM) of \"Audiology Care\", based on the Consumer Quality Index (CQI), from a Dutch to a UK context, we compared patient experiences of the prescription and fitting process for first-time adult hearing aid (HA) users in two different venues affiliated to the same organisation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>The adapted PREM consisted of 32 questions and 7 subscales.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>The PREM was posted to a group of 1821 NHS patients who had received a first HA fitting via a social enterprise within the past 12 months at either a Hospital or High Street venue. 967 (53%, 796 Hospital, 171 High Street) patients responded and were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For two out of seven subscales the mean patient ratings for the two venues showed statistically significant differences: \"Accommodation and Facilities\" and \"Waiting Times\". In both cases the differences were very small. Internal consistency of subscales ranged from 0.36-0.81 with only three subscales showing good or acceptable values: \"Conduct of Employees\", \"Expertise of Employees\" and \"Arranging Appointments\".</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This translated and adapted PREM can be a useful tool to standardise assessment and reporting of patient experiences of first-time HA users in the UK.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1083-1090"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143700153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Central auditory processing and cognitive abilities after mild traumatic brain injury in school-aged children.","authors":"Fauve Duquette-Laplante, Benoît Jutras, Jocelyn Gravel, Miriam H Beauchamp, Justine Ratelle, Isabelle Gagnon, Amineh Koravand","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2424871","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2424871","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The current study aimed to explore (1) school-aged children's auditory and cognitive abilities and (2) their perceptions (self-reported and parents) of listening behaviours and symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Twenty-one children aged 8 to 12 participated in this study. Eleven children with mTBI were diagnosed in the emergency department, and 10 were matched controls. They were assessed twice, in the acute (≤14 days) and chronic (≥3 months) stages post-injury, using six central auditory behavioural tests, a cognitive screening battery, and questionnaires. ANOVA and correlation analysis were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Group differences were present in three auditory tests as children with mTBI obtained poorer scores than controls (Pitch Pattern Sequence Tests - PPST: <i>p</i> = 0.037; Gap In Noise test - GIN threshold: <i>p</i> = 0.046; Duration Pattern Test - DPT: <i>p</i> = 0.053), but not for perceived listening behaviours and cognitive abilities. Correlations were found only between perceived listening behaviours and reported mTBI symptoms for parents (<i>p =</i>0.014) and children (<i>p =</i>0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Auditory abilities, mostly those related to temporal processing, were affected following mTBI, independently of cognitive abilities. Better identification of auditory processing difficulties following mTBI will improve treatment and resource allocation for children.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1045-1054"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142603279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevention of noise-induced hearing loss in children - evidence-informed recommendations for safe listening at events.","authors":"Anita Gáborján, Gábor Koscsó, Réka Garai, László Tamás, Klára Vicsi, Tamás Hacki","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2467789","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2467789","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Children's events are often perceived as excessively loud, with risks of noise-induced hearing loss and other adverse effects. In many countries, including Hungary, specific regulations for recreational noise levels are absent. This research aims to establish a scientific basis for safety categories and noise level limits to protect children's hearing.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Noise levels were measured at events, and otoacoustic emissions were assessed to determine auditory impacts. Children and parents also completed loudness perception surveys.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Thirteen events were analysed with 25 noise-level measurement points. We included children aged 3-12 years, conducted 38 otoacoustic emission tests on both ears before and after the event, and collected 51 completed questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only seven measurement points were in the \"safe\" category, 40% were \"risky\", and 32% were \"dangerous\". While safe events did not alter inner ear function, it was reduced in several cases after risky events. High noise intensities were uncomfortable for 80% of the children.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Children's events often exceed safe noise levels, underscoring the critical need for sound monitoring and control. We recommend implementing guidelines, public education, and warnings to prevent hearing loss, with proposed regulations and age-related safety recommendations, presenting sound intensity categories with letters A to F.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1017-1026"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evidence-based practice (EBP) in action for clinicians - a new critical appraisal checklist for evaluating intervention studies.","authors":"Lena L N Wong, Louise Hickson, Nerina Scarinci","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2486849","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2486849","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1091-1092"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143965026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Auditory cortical potentials indices in phonological awareness: a systematic review.","authors":"Bianca Bortoletto, Sthella Zanchetta, Julia Furegato, Pamela Papile Lunardelo","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2567547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2025.2567547","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate whether the N1, P2, and N2 auditory evoked potentials reflect performance in phonological awareness tasks.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A systematic search was conducted using keywords such as \"cortical auditory potential,\" \"N1,\" \"P2,\" \"N2,\" and \"phonological awareness\" across databases (CINAHL, Embase, PubMed/Medline, Web of Science) and gray literature (Google Scholar, OpenGrey, ProQuest).</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Human studies were included if they analysed N1, P2, and/or N2 components in relation to phonological awareness tasks, either by correlating these components with task performance or comparing latency and amplitude across groups with different levels of phonological awareness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 371 records, seven studies (2004-2021) from Brazil, the Netherlands, China, Canada, and Finland were selected. Four were case-control studies, two were intervention studies, and one was observational. Four used phonological priming, and three used standardised phonological awareness assessments. Five studies suggested that the N1, P2, and N2 components may predict phonological awareness performance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The N1, N2, and P2 components are potential predictors of phonological processing. Tasks involving phonological priming-especially rhyme and alliteration-modulate N1 and N2, while the P2 component, though less studied, appears to be sensitive to alliteration. Future research should explore these relationships in greater detail for clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145199264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Audiological profile of first-time hearing aid users - implications for the development of a fast-track fitting protocol.","authors":"Jukka Kokkonen, Fanni Svärd, Sini Varonen, Heikki Löppönen, Aarno Dietz","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2471000","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2471000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the feasibility of implementing a fast-track process (single-session assess-and-fit appointment with no ENT specialist's examination) in hearing rehabilitation by investigating the accuracy of the protocol assignment applying various cut-off criteria and describing the audiometric profile of patients being evaluated for their first hearing aids.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective chart review.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Patients from a single institution (n = 1807, median age 75 years, IQR 67-82 years) undergoing the evaluation for their first hearing aid fitting.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no audiometric signs warranting further diagnostic evaluation in 1259 subjects (69.7%). These subjects could be identified using a single criterion: the average threshold difference between the ears in the frequencies from 0.5 to 4 kHz less than 10 dB. Age was found to be a good predictor for the success of a single-session evaluation and fitting, with a cut-off value of 75 years. Altogether, 593 persons (32.8%) were candidates for a fast-track process. The time-saving from a single-session process was estimated to be 1.0%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is feasible to have a fast-track hearing aid fitting protocol. Patients can be preselected with excellent accuracy using a single audiometric criterion and an age limit of 75. Time savings for a single-session process are insignificant.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1063-1072"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143541977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}