{"title":"Outcomes of cochlear implantation in adults: a scoping review of studies with qualitative methodology.","authors":"Pia Bergman, Björn Lyxell, Elina Mäki-Torkko","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2603479","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2603479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe the methodologies and results of qualitative studies examining cochlear implantation outcomes in adults with profound bilateral hearing impairment.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Scoping review. Study sample: Studies with qualitative or mixed-method research designs published in indexed scientific journals on cochlear implantation outcomes in adults with profound bilateral pre-or postlingual hearing impairment and uni- or bilateral cochlear implant (CI). A comprehensive search of the PubMed, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library, SwePub, and DiVA databases revealed 855 records after duplicates were removed. After screening the titles and abstracts and reviewing full texts, 23 studies were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Grounded theory (<i>n</i> = 10) and thematic analysis (<i>n</i> = 10) were the most frequently employed qualitative methodologies. Interviews were the predominant data collection method (<i>n</i> = 19), followed by surveys/questionnaires with open-ended questions (<i>n</i> = 10). Ten domains of cochlear implantation outcomes were identified: Improved hearing and communication, life-changing experiences, changes in personality and identity, benefits for the patient's social environment, employment-related experiences, cochlear implantation outcomes in prelingual profound deafness, music perception, tinnitus, negative experiences following cochlear implantation, and other cochlear implantation outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Qualitative research on cochlear implantation outcomes provides a nuanced understanding from the patient's perspective, capturing a broad range of benefits and challenges often overlooked in quantitative research.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"889-907"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145951880","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":"Clinical features of hearing loss in congenital CMV and risk factor for progression.","authors":"Lara Fusani, Nadine Couzens, Benedetta Bianchi, Elisabetta Venturini, Elena Chiappini, Hermione Lyall, Luisa Galli","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2581745","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2581745","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL)or deterioration remain unclear, and little is known about specific patterns of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). We describe SNHL in a cohort of cCMV infants; we reviewed clinical features and their correlation with distribution, timing, and progression of SNHL.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Anonymised data regarding the first and the last available audiological assessment, along with clinical and treatment information from children with cCMV and SNHL followed up at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) and IRCSS-Meyer Children's University Hospital (MCH) were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Sixty-one children with cCMV and SNHL (both treated and untreated) were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Congenital SNHL was found in 47/61 (77%) children, and 14/61 (23%) developed late-onset SNHL (LO-SNHL) at a median of 4.7 years (IQRs 2.2-6.8). Considering the age at development of LO-HL significant differences were found between the curves of untreated and treated for 6 weeks or 6 months (log rank <i>p</i> = 0.04, 0.0007 respectively); no differences were found among patients treated for 6 weeks or 6 months. On audiological assessment, all tested frequencies were usually affected. The majority of children had abnormal brain imaging at baseline, and those with normal imaging were less likely to have deterioration.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this clinical cohort, LO-SNHL occurred more often in untreated children and the median age at deterioration was 4.7 years (IQRs 2.2-6.8), later than in other cohorts, highlighting the importance of ongoing audiological assessment until 5-6 years of age.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"930-940"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145458660","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":"Sentence intelligibility in noise in children: development of the LIST-k.","authors":"Lyan Porto, Jan Wouters, Astrid van Wieringen","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2461151","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2461151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The goal was to develop a new set of male and female sentence materials in the Dutch language suitable for use in assessments of speech intelligibility in noise in children.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A subset of the LIST sentences, a Flemish-Dutch language sentence intelligibility test, was selected for its suitability and appropriateness for children. This subset was grouped into new lists, which were then validated with speech-shaped noise.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Fifty-four typically hearing children between 8 and 12 years old and 12 typically hearing adults participated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children obtained an average SRT of -6.4 (± 0.8) dB SNR across all female lists, and -5.8 (± 0.8) dB SNR across all male lists. Furthermore, an age effect was observed, with performance improving with age. Lists were shown to be equivalent within each set.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The two sets of sentences developed and evaluated in noise here, one consisting of 280 sentences/recordings by a male speaker, and one consisting of 210 sentences/recordings by a female speaker are suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years old. Reference data for three age groups are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"915-921"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399138","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}
Anette Lykke Hindhede, Natascha Sofie Søndergaard, Eva Juul Toldam, Niels-Henrik M Hansen
{"title":"What drives help-seeking for aural rehabilitation? Perspectives of hearing aid users and professionals in Denmark.","authors":"Anette Lykke Hindhede, Natascha Sofie Søndergaard, Eva Juul Toldam, Niels-Henrik M Hansen","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2580402","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2580402","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates how adults with hearing aids navigate aural rehabilitation services in Denmark, using Bourdieu's concepts to explore how structural conditions shape help-seeking and service use.</p><p><strong>Design and study sample: </strong>We conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 adults with hearing aids (9 men, 18 women) and six hearing healthcare professionals. Interviews lasted 30-90 minutes and were held either in person or online.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Although aural rehabilitation services including communication strategy counselling, psychosocial support and auditory training are publicly funded and free of charge, participants reported uneven awareness and access. Two key themes emerged: (1) limited knowledge of available services and their perceived benefits, and (2) unequal distributions of social, and cultural capital shaping participants' ability to navigate the aural rehabilitation system. Help-seeking was influenced by the logic of the field, which determines what counts as valuable capital and who is positioned to make use of it.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings highlight systemic inequities in awareness and access to aural rehabilitation among hearing aid users. Strengthening informational outreach and integrating navigation support into hearing care pathways. Addressing structural barriers are essential to ensure equitable access and realise the full potential of publicly funded aural rehabilitation services.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"957-968"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145804315","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}
Adela Serrano-Herrera, Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, Alvaro Gallego-Martinez, Patricia Perez-Carpena
{"title":"Trends in the diagnosis of paediatric sensorineural hearing loss: a scoping review of gene panels, exome and genome sequencing.","authors":"Adela Serrano-Herrera, Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, Alvaro Gallego-Martinez, Patricia Perez-Carpena","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2435564","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2435564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To review recent advances in genetic diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) using gene panels, exome, and genome sequencing.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A scoping review. Articles published from January 2022 to May 2024 on gene panels, exome, or genome sequencing for early SNHL diagnosis were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>After removing duplicates and abstract and full-text review, 26 articles met inclusion criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately, 60% of SNHL cases are genetic, with over 148 genes linked to non-syndromic forms and 700-800 associated but unconfirmed. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has transformed etiologic diagnosis, with yields up to 79% depending on test and population. Exome sequencing achieves 40-60% diagnostic accuracy for bilateral SNHL and 1-5% for unilateral, rising to 18.3% with syndromic cases. However, challenges persist in cost, test performance, and variant interpretation, with newborn screening potentially missing 25-30% of SNHL cases.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings underscore the need for optimised screening, robust variant interpretation frameworks, and personalised counselling. Diagnostic approaches should be tailored, with NGS gene panels or exome sequencing recommended for bilateral cases and unilateral cases after excluding non-genetic causes. Genome sequencing may be pursued if no genetic cause is found, with follow-up. Integrating genetic diagnostics into standard care could improve outcomes and interventions for SNHL patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"882-888"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806900","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}
William M Whitmer, David McShefferty, Karolina Smeds
{"title":"The just-follow conversation test: a quick, reproducible measure of subjective intelligibility that is not sensitive to amplification.","authors":"William M Whitmer, David McShefferty, Karolina Smeds","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2588293","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2588293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Listening in a conversation has numerous demands not addressed by traditional speech-intelligibility tests. We here examine the utility of an alternative way to assess conversational listening, the just-follow conversation (JFC) test, namely its reproducibility and sensitivity to stimulus changes, as well as what it can tell us about conversational demands.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Participants repeatedly adjusted the overall level of one monologue, one dialogue and two simultaneous monologues in the front hemifield until they could just follow the speech. Speech was presented in surrounding fixed-level café and same-spectrum noise backgrounds.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Fifty-four adults, including 27 bilateral hearing-aid (HA) users, participated. HA users adjusted aided and unaided in separate blocks; non-users repeated each condition to evaluate reproducibility.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>JFCs were greater for dialogues than monologues, but not greater for two simultaneous monologues than dialogues. Individual JFCs correlated with self-reported speech understanding as well as pure-tone threshold averages. Aiding did not have a significant effect on results. Measures of reproducibility were comparable to more traditional speech-intelligibility tests.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current results show that the JFC test is a relatively quick, repeatable measure that invokes both subjective and objective components of speech understanding, but it may be of limited use in evaluating amplification.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"941-956"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145534639","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":"Evaluation of AI chatbots in hearing health: model timeliness and prompt design matter.","authors":"Shangqiguo Wang, Changgeng Mo","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2606193","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2025.2606193","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"992-995"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145819359","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}
Florian Denk, Lisa-Marie Simon, Yara Trautmann, Stefanie Goicke, Jennifer Albrecht, Pernilla Kjær Andersen, Lukas Jürgensen, Rainer Schönweiler, Tim Jürgens, Tobias Neher, Hendrik Husstedt
{"title":"Application scenarios for a mobile hearing aid demonstrator with headphone form factor.","authors":"Florian Denk, Lisa-Marie Simon, Yara Trautmann, Stefanie Goicke, Jennifer Albrecht, Pernilla Kjær Andersen, Lukas Jürgensen, Rainer Schönweiler, Tim Jürgens, Tobias Neher, Hendrik Husstedt","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2445079","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2445079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To describe application scenarios of a mobile device that provides a practical means for showcasing potential hearing aid benefits.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A prototype of a hearing aid demonstrator based on circumaural headphones and a mobile signal processing platform was developed, providing core functions of a hearing aid, including several gain presets, in a hygienic, robust, and easy-to-use form factor. Speech intelligibility outcomes with the demonstrator and broadband level adaptations as potential fitting references were compared to outcomes with the own hearing aids of hearing-impaired participants. Furthermore, subjective assessments of the effect of the demonstrator were obtained at a public outreach event.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>20 experienced hearing aid users participated in the speech intelligibility outcome measurements. 54 citizens participated in the public outreach event.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Speech intelligibility measurements made with the demonstrator constituted a better predictor for typically achieved aided speech intelligibility outcomes than broadband level adaptations. Participants at the public outreach event reported that trying out the demonstrator changed their expectations of hearing aid benefits and improved their understanding of how hearing aids work.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The developed demonstrator promises to be a useful tool for showcasing and probing benefits of hearing aids in clinical, public, and educational settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"922-929"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142948473","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":"Rising-frequency chirp stimuli effectively enhance the amplitude and shorten the latency of 40-hz auditory steady-state response.","authors":"Shunsuke Takai, Takashi Morimoto, Akitake Kanno, Tetsuaki Kawase, Jun Suzuki, Nobukatsu Nakasato, Ryuta Kawashima, Yukio Katori","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2430765","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2430765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effects of changes in group delay from a click signal to a chirp signal on the 40-Hz Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR) using magnetoencephalography (MEG).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>In this study, each participant was exposed to 10 chirp signals with gradually varying group delays from the CE chirp to the click at 60 dB nHL. The 40-Hz ASSR was measured using MEG and evaluated for amplitude and latency in the maximum signal channel at the click signal measured in each hemisphere.</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Ten native Japanese speakers without histories of auditory diseases (8 males and 2 females, mean age 28.4 ± 5.70 years) participated in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 40-Hz ASSR amplitude increased with the group delay of the chirp signal, was most efficient with the CE-chirp (longest group delay) and was significantly larger in the contralateral hemisphere for the CE-chirp than with the click signal. No significant differences were observed in ipsilateral hemispheres. The latency of the 40-Hz ASSR decreased as the group delay of the chirp signal increased.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrated that chirp signals, particularly the CE chirp, are more efficient than click signals in eliciting a 40-Hz ASSR, especially in the contralateral hemisphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"969-976"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806868","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}
Andrea Frosolini, Leonardo Franz, Giulio Badin, Antonio Mancuso, Cosimo de Filippis, Gino Marioni
{"title":"Quality of life improvement in Cochlear implant outpatients: a non-randomized clinical trial of an auditory music training program.","authors":"Andrea Frosolini, Leonardo Franz, Giulio Badin, Antonio Mancuso, Cosimo de Filippis, Gino Marioni","doi":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2428421","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14992027.2024.2428421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Research on Cochlear implant (CI) outcomes has been mainly focused on verbal communication, whereas music perception has been less extensively explored. This study evaluated a music rehabilitation program, based on the mobile phone app Meludia (Meludia, France) to improve quality of life (QoL) and verbal perception in CI patients.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>In this non-randomised clinical trial, the experimental group underwent 16 Meludia sessions, while controls did not receive any music-specific rehabilitation. Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures, including the MUSQUAV questionnaire and NCIQ domains, were utilised alongside Matrix speech perception tests (which measure speech understanding in noise).</p><p><strong>Study sample: </strong>Forty patients with CI were considered: experimental group (21 patients) and control group (19 patients).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant improvements (<i>p</i> = 0.017, and <i>p</i> < 0.001) in music-related PRO (MUSQUAV), and general CI PRO measures (NCIQ), respectively, were found in the experimental group. No significant differences were found in Matrix speech perception tests post-rehabilitation. Overall, 57% of participants in the experimental group reported subjective improvements in music perception.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study showed the potential of home-based music rehabilitation in enhancing QoL for CI patients, supporting the possibility of implementing specific musical training programs in audiological care. Larger, randomised, controlled trials are necessary for further characterisation of this topic.</p>","PeriodicalId":13759,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"983-991"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142749972","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}