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Amplitude Compression for Preventing Rollover at Above-Conversational Speech Levels. 压缩振幅，防止在高于对话语音水平时出现翻转。

IF 2.7 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165231224597

Michal Fereczkowski, Raul H Sanchez-Lopez, Stine Christiansen, Tobias Neher

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Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans. 人类耳蜗失聪的感知后果

IF 2.7 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241239541

Naomi F Bramhall, Garnett P McMillan

{"title":"Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans.","authors":"Naomi F Bramhall, Garnett P McMillan","doi":"10.1177/23312165241239541","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165241239541","url":null,"abstract":"Cochlear synaptopathy, a form of cochlear deafferentation, has been demonstrated in a number of animal species, including non-human primates. Both age and noise exposure contribute to synaptopathy in animal models, indicating that it may be a common type of auditory dysfunction in humans. Temporal bone and auditory physiological data suggest that age and occupational/military noise exposure also lead to synaptopathy in humans. The predicted perceptual consequences of synaptopathy include tinnitus, hyperacusis, and difficulty with speech-in-noise perception. However, confirming the perceptual impacts of this form of cochlear deafferentation presents a particular challenge because synaptopathy can only be confirmed through post-mortem temporal bone analysis and auditory perception is difficult to evaluate in animals. Animal data suggest that deafferentation leads to increased central gain, signs of tinnitus and abnormal loudness perception, and deficits in temporal processing and signal-in-noise detection. If equivalent changes occur in humans following deafferentation, this would be expected to increase the likelihood of developing tinnitus, hyperacusis, and difficulty with speech-in-noise perception. Physiological data from humans is consistent with the hypothesis that deafferentation is associated with increased central gain and a greater likelihood of tinnitus perception, while human data on the relationship between deafferentation and hyperacusis is extremely limited. Many human studies have investigated the relationship between physiological correlates of deafferentation and difficulty with speech-in-noise perception, with mixed findings. A non-linear relationship between deafferentation and speech perception may have contributed to the mixed results. When differences in sample characteristics and study measurements are considered, the findings may be more consistent.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11092548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140913237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound? 噪音中的语音识别与无关声音造成的记忆中断有关吗？

IF 2.6 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241262517

Daniel Oberfeld, Katharina Staab, Florian Kattner, Wolfgang Ellermeier

{"title":"Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound?","authors":"Daniel Oberfeld, Katharina Staab, Florian Kattner, Wolfgang Ellermeier","doi":"10.1177/23312165241262517","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165241262517","url":null,"abstract":"Listeners with normal audiometric thresholds show substantial variability in their ability to understand speech in noise (SiN). These individual differences have been reported to be associated with a range of auditory and cognitive abilities. The present study addresses the association between SiN processing and the individual susceptibility of short-term memory to auditory distraction (i.e., the irrelevant sound effect [ISE]). In a sample of 67 young adult participants with normal audiometric thresholds, we measured speech recognition performance in a spatial listening task with two interfering talkers (speech-in-speech identification), audiometric thresholds, binaural sensitivity to the temporal fine structure (interaural phase differences [IPD]), serial memory with and without interfering talkers, and self-reported noise sensitivity. Speech-in-speech processing was not significantly associated with the ISE. The most important predictors of high speech-in-speech recognition performance were a large short-term memory span, low IPD thresholds, bilaterally symmetrical audiometric thresholds, and low individual noise sensitivity. Surprisingly, the susceptibility of short-term memory to irrelevant sound accounted for a substantially smaller amount of variance in speech-in-speech processing than the nondisrupted short-term memory capacity. The data confirm the role of binaural sensitivity to the temporal fine structure, although its association to SiN recognition was weaker than in some previous studies. The inverse association between self-reported noise sensitivity and SiN processing deserves further investigation.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11273587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished. 当其他感官线索贫乏时，助听器放大可改善听力损失老年人的姿势控制。

IF 2.7 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241232219

L Behtani, D Paromov, K Moïn-Darbari, M S Houde, B A Bacon, M Maheu, T Leroux, F Champoux

{"title":"Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished.","authors":"L Behtani, D Paromov, K Moïn-Darbari, M S Houde, B A Bacon, M Maheu, T Leroux, F Champoux","doi":"10.1177/23312165241232219","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165241232219","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies suggest that sound amplification via hearing aids can improve postural control in adults with hearing impairments. Unfortunately, only a few studies used well-defined posturography measures to assess balance in adults with hearing loss with and without their hearing aids. Of these, only two examined postural control specifically in the elderly with hearing loss. The present study examined the impact of hearing aid use on postural control during various sensory perturbations in older adults with age-related hearing loss. Thirty individuals with age-related hearing impairments and using hearing aids bilaterally were tested. Participants were asked to perform a modified clinical sensory integration in balance test on a force platform with and without hearing aids. The experiment was conducted in the presence of a broadband noise ranging from 0.1 to 4 kHz presented through a loudspeaker. As expected, hearing aid use had a beneficial impact on postural control, but only when visual and somatosensory inputs were both reduced. Data also suggest that hearing aid use decreases the dependence on somatosensory input for maintaining postural control. This finding can be of particular importance in older adults considering the reduction of tactile and proprioceptive sensitivity and acuity often associated with aging. These results provide an additional argument for encouraging early hearing aid fitting for people with hearing loss.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10868491/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139736482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationships Between Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Short Form SSQ12 Item Scores and their Use in Guiding Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Recipients. 言语、空间和听力质量短表 SSQ12 项目得分之间的关系及其在指导人工耳蜗植入者康复中的应用。

IF 2.7 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165231224643

Dianne J Mecklenburg, Petra L Graham, Chris J James

{"title":"Relationships Between Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Short Form SSQ12 Item Scores and their Use in Guiding Rehabilitation for Cochlear Implant Recipients.","authors":"Dianne J Mecklenburg, Petra L Graham, Chris J James","doi":"10.1177/23312165231224643","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165231224643","url":null,"abstract":"Cochlear implantation successfully improves hearing in most adult recipients. However, in rare cases, post-implant rehabilitation is required to maximize benefit. The primary aim of this investigation was to test if self-reports by cochlear implant users indicate the need for post-implant rehabilitation. Listening performance was assessed with the Speech, Spatial and Qualities short-form SSQ12, which was self-administered via a web-based survey. Subjects included over 2000 adult bilateral or unilateral cochlear implant users with at least one year of experience. A novel application of regression tree analysis identified core SSQ12 items that serve as first steps in establishing a plan for further rehabilitation: items 1, 8, and 11 dealing with single-talker situations, loudness perception, and clarity, respectively. Further regression and classification tree analyses revealed that SSQ12 item scores were weakly related to age, degree of tinnitus, and use of bilateral versus unilateral implants. Conversely, SSQ12 scores were strongly associated with self-rated satisfaction and confidence in using their cochlear implant. The SSQ12 total scores did not vary significantly over 1-9 or more years' experience. These findings suggest that the SSQ12 may be a useful tool to guide rehabilitation at any time after cochlear implantation. Identification of poor performance may have implications for timely management to improve the outcomes, through various techniques such as device fitting adjustments, counseling, active sound exposure, and training spatial hearing.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10874150/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139742321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Performance and Reliability Evaluation of an Automated Bone-Conduction Audiometry Using Machine Learning. 利用机器学习对自动骨导听力计的性能和可靠性进行评估。

IF 2.6 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241286456

Nicolas Wallaert, Antoine Perry, Hadrien Jean, Gwenaelle Creff, Benoit Godey, Nihaad Paraouty

{"title":"Performance and Reliability Evaluation of an Automated Bone-Conduction Audiometry Using Machine Learning.","authors":"Nicolas Wallaert, Antoine Perry, Hadrien Jean, Gwenaelle Creff, Benoit Godey, Nihaad Paraouty","doi":"10.1177/23312165241286456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165241286456","url":null,"abstract":"To date, pure-tone audiometry remains the gold standard for clinical auditory testing. However, pure-tone audiometry is time-consuming and only provides a discrete estimate of hearing acuity. Here, we aim to address these two main drawbacks by developing a machine learning (ML)-based approach for fully automated bone-conduction (BC) audiometry tests with forehead vibrator placement. Study 1 examines the occlusion effects when the headphones are positioned on both ears during BC forehead testing. Study 2 describes the ML-based approach for BC audiometry, with automated contralateral masking rules, compensation for occlusion effects and forehead-mastoid corrections. Next, the performance of ML-audiometry is examined in comparison to manual and conventional BC audiometry with mastoid placement. Finally, Study 3 examines the test-retest reliability of ML-audiometry. Our results show no significant performance difference between automated ML-audiometry and manual conventional audiometry. High test-retest reliability is achieved with the automated ML-audiometry. Together, our findings demonstrate the performance and reliability of the automated ML-based BC audiometry for both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired adult listeners with mild to severe hearing losses.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Speech-Identification During Standing as a Multitasking Challenge for Young, Middle-Aged and Older Adults. 站立时的语音识别是年轻人、中年人和老年人面临的一项多重任务挑战。

IF 2.6 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241260621

Mira Van Wilderode, Nathan Van Humbeeck, Ralf Krampe, Astrid van Wieringen

{"title":"Speech-Identification During Standing as a Multitasking Challenge for Young, Middle-Aged and Older Adults.","authors":"Mira Van Wilderode, Nathan Van Humbeeck, Ralf Krampe, Astrid van Wieringen","doi":"10.1177/23312165241260621","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165241260621","url":null,"abstract":"While listening, we commonly participate in simultaneous activities. For instance, at receptions people often stand while engaging in conversation. It is known that listening and postural control are associated with each other. Previous studies focused on the interplay of listening and postural control when the speech identification task had rather high cognitive control demands. This study aimed to determine whether listening and postural control interact when the speech identification task requires minimal cognitive control, i.e., when words are presented without background noise, or a large memory load. This study included 22 young adults, 27 middle-aged adults, and 21 older adults. Participants performed a speech identification task (auditory single task), a postural control task (posture single task) and combined postural control and speech identification tasks (dual task) to assess the effects of multitasking. The difficulty levels of the listening and postural control tasks were manipulated by altering the level of the words (25 or 30 dB SPL) and the mobility of the platform (stable or moving). The sound level was increased for adults with a hearing impairment. In the dual-task, listening performance decreased, especially for middle-aged and older adults, while postural control improved. These results suggest that even when cognitive control demands for listening are minimal, interaction with postural control occurs. Correlational analysis revealed that hearing loss was a better predictor than age of speech identification and postural control.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11282555/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Perspective on Auditory Wellness: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How It Can Be Managed. 听觉健康透视：听觉健康是什么、为什么重要以及如何管理。

IF 2.6 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241273342

Larry E Humes, Sumitrajit Dhar, Vinaya Manchaiah, Anu Sharma, Theresa H Chisolm, Michelle L Arnold, Victoria A Sanchez

{"title":"A Perspective on Auditory Wellness: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How It Can Be Managed.","authors":"Larry E Humes, Sumitrajit Dhar, Vinaya Manchaiah, Anu Sharma, Theresa H Chisolm, Michelle L Arnold, Victoria A Sanchez","doi":"10.1177/23312165241273342","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165241273342","url":null,"abstract":"During the last decade, there has been a move towards consumer-centric hearing healthcare. This is a direct result of technological advancements (e.g., merger of consumer grade hearing aids with consumer grade earphones creating a wide range of hearing devices) as well as policy changes (e.g., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration creating a new over-the-counter [OTC] hearing aid category). In addition to various direct-to-consumer (DTC) hearing devices available on the market, there are also several validated tools for the self-assessment of auditory function and the detection of ear disease, as well as tools for education about hearing loss, hearing devices, and communication strategies. Further, all can be made easily available to a wide range of people. This perspective provides a framework and identifies tools to improve and maintain optimal auditory wellness across the adult life course. A broadly available and accessible set of tools that can be made available on a digital platform to aid adults in the assessment and as needed, the improvement, of auditory wellness is discussed.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11329910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development of a Phrase-Based Speech-Recognition Test Using Synthetic Speech. 利用合成语音开发基于短语的语音识别测试。

IF 2.6 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241261490

Saskia Ibelings, Thomas Brand, Esther Ruigendijk, Inga Holube

{"title":"Development of a Phrase-Based Speech-Recognition Test Using Synthetic Speech.","authors":"Saskia Ibelings, Thomas Brand, Esther Ruigendijk, Inga Holube","doi":"10.1177/23312165241261490","DOIUrl":"10.1177/23312165241261490","url":null,"abstract":"Speech-recognition tests are widely used in both clinical and research audiology. The purpose of this study was the development of a novel speech-recognition test that combines concepts of different speech-recognition tests to reduce training effects and allows for a large set of speech material. The new test consists of four different words per trial in a meaningful construct with a fixed structure, the so-called phrases. Various free databases were used to select the words and to determine their frequency. Highly frequent nouns were grouped into thematic categories and combined with related adjectives and infinitives. After discarding inappropriate and unnatural combinations, and eliminating duplications of (sub-)phrases, a total number of 772 phrases remained. Subsequently, the phrases were synthesized using a text-to-speech system. The synthesis significantly reduces the effort compared to recordings with a real speaker. After excluding outliers, measured speech-recognition scores for the phrases with 31 normal-hearing participants at fixed signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) revealed speech-recognition thresholds (SRT) for each phrase varying up to 4 dB. The median SRT was -9.1 dB SNR and thus comparable to existing sentence tests. The psychometric function's slope of 15 percentage points per dB is also comparable and enables efficient use in audiology. Summarizing, the principle of creating speech material in a modular system has many potential applications.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11273571/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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ADT Network: A Novel Nonlinear Method for Decoding Speech Envelopes From EEG Signals. ADT 网络：从脑电图信号中解码语音包络的新型非线性方法

IF 2.6 2区医学

Trends in Hearing Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1177/23312165241282872

Ruixiang Liu, Chang Liu, Dan Cui, Huan Zhang, Xinmeng Xu, Yuxin Duan, Yihu Chao, Xianzheng Sha, Limin Sun, Xiulan Ma, Shuo Li, Shijie Chang

{"title":"ADT Network: A Novel Nonlinear Method for Decoding Speech Envelopes From EEG Signals.","authors":"Ruixiang Liu, Chang Liu, Dan Cui, Huan Zhang, Xinmeng Xu, Yuxin Duan, Yihu Chao, Xianzheng Sha, Limin Sun, Xiulan Ma, Shuo Li, Shijie Chang","doi":"10.1177/23312165241282872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165241282872","url":null,"abstract":"Decoding speech envelopes from electroencephalogram (EEG) signals holds potential as a research tool for objectively assessing auditory processing, which could contribute to future developments in hearing loss diagnosis. However, current methods struggle to meet both high accuracy and interpretability. We propose a deep learning model called the auditory decoding transformer (ADT) network for speech envelope reconstruction from EEG signals to address these issues. The ADT network uses spatio-temporal convolution for feature extraction, followed by a transformer decoder to decode the speech envelopes. Through anticausal masking, the ADT considers only the current and future EEG features to match the natural relationship of speech and EEG. Performance evaluation shows that the ADT network achieves average reconstruction scores of 0.168 and 0.167 on the SparrKULee and DTU datasets, respectively, rivaling those of other nonlinear models. Furthermore, by visualizing the weights of the spatio-temporal convolution layer as time-domain filters and brain topographies, combined with an ablation study of the temporal convolution kernels, we analyze the behavioral patterns of the ADT network in decoding speech envelopes. The results indicate that low- (0.5-8 Hz) and high-frequency (14-32 Hz) EEG signals are more critical for envelope reconstruction and that the active brain regions are primarily distributed bilaterally in the auditory cortex, consistent with previous research. Visualization of attention scores further validated previous research. In summary, the ADT network balances high performance and interpretability, making it a promising tool for studying neural speech envelope tracking.","PeriodicalId":48678,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Hearing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11489951/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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