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A Long-Term Follow-Up Study on the Auditory Performance and Speech Intelligibility of Mandarin-Speaking Prelingually Deaf Children With Isolated Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome After Cochlear Implantation. 人工耳蜗植入术后患孤立性大前庭导水管综合征的普通话语前聋儿童听觉表现和言语清晰度的长期随访研究
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1044/2023_aja-23-00145
Chao Meng, Qianqian Guo, Ying Kong, Jing Lyu, Xueqing Chen
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Otoscopic Abnormalities for the U.S. Population Aged 6-80+ Years: Prevalence and Consequences for Hearing. 美国 6-80 岁以上人口耳镜异常情况:流行率及其对听力的影响。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00181
Larry E Humes
{"title":"Otoscopic Abnormalities for the U.S. Population Aged 6-80+ Years: Prevalence and Consequences for Hearing.","authors":"Larry E Humes","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>U.S. national data for otoscopic examinations of 13,055 individuals aged 6-80+ years included in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey surveys for 2011-2012, 2015-2016, and 2017-2020 were analyzed and described.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Analyses were primarily descriptive and relied on prevalence estimates, supported by logistic-regression analyses, and distribution-free medians. Otoscopic examinations were performed by trained technicians with review and supervision by a clinical audiologist. Effects of age, sex, and race/ethnicity were also examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, the prevalence of abnormal otoscopy was approximately 12%-15% with higher prevalence among males at most ages and for both sexes for age ≥ 60 years. Typically, 93% or more of the observed abnormalities were due to excessive or impacted cerumen, mainly the former. Logistic-regression analyses for the 6-19-year-olds found that only race/ethnicity affected the odds with non-Hispanic Blacks and Asians have higher odds for otoscopic abnormalities than non-Hispanic Whites. For 20- to 69-year-old adults, the odds of having abnormal otoscopic findings were about twice as high for males versus females, 60-year-olds versus 20-year-olds, and non-Hispanic Blacks versus non-Hispanic Whites. Overall, the effect of otoscopic abnormalities on the pure-tone averages for 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz and 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz were negligible (< 3 dB), and this did not vary substantially with sex, race/ethnicity, or age.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Abnormal otoscopy, typically excessive cerumen, was observed in about 12%-15% of the individuals in this national sample, but the presence of such abnormalities had minimal effect on hearing sensitivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139502092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Sensory Gating Networks in Normal-Hearing Adults With Minimal Tinnitus. 患有轻微耳鸣的正常听力成年人的感觉门控网络
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00122
Lauren Ralston, Julia Campbell, Phillip Gilley, Mashhood Nielson, Kristopher Brown
{"title":"Sensory Gating Networks in Normal-Hearing Adults With Minimal Tinnitus.","authors":"Lauren Ralston, Julia Campbell, Phillip Gilley, Mashhood Nielson, Kristopher Brown","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The goal of this study was to observe sensory gating-related networks underlying cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) peak components in individuals with and without minimal tinnitus, as measured using the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI). This analysis was performed on previously published sensory gating responses in normal-hearing adults with and without minimal tinnitus.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Independent component analysis was performed for each individual CAEP gating component (Pa, P50, N1, and P2). Significant components were retained for source localization analyses within the following groups: no tinnitus, tinnitus with a THI score ≤ 6, and tinnitus with a THI score > 6. Brain source localization was performed on the gating difference wave for each component using standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Gating-related networks were identified within each group. Different regional sources were observed between groups, with parietal sources underlying the Pa and P50 components as tinnitus severity increased. A larger prefrontal regional activation was also shown for the N1 gating component as tinnitus severity increased. These results expand upon the functional gating responses via CAEP waveforms in a previously published study.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The auditory gating response, as measured via CAEPs, has previously been shown to significantly correlate with an increase in tinnitus severity in adults with normal hearing. The corresponding changes in the gating response appear to be supported by different cortical regions in those without tinnitus, those with a THI score ≤ 6, and those with a THI score > 6. Next, functional differences between localized cortical regions should be tested.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139502048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Description of the Baseline Audiologic Characteristics of the Participants Enrolled in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study. 老年和认知健康评估研究》参与者的基线听力特征描述。
IF 1.4 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00066
Victoria A Sanchez, Michelle L Arnold, Joshua F Betz, Nicholas S Reed, Sarah Faucette, Elizabeth Anderson, Sheila Burgard, Josef Coresh, Jennifer A Deal, Ann Clock Eddins, Adele M Goman, Nancy W Glynn, Lisa Gravens-Mueller, Jaime Hampton, Kathleen M Hayden, Alison R Huang, Kaila Liou, Christine M Mitchell, Thomas H Mosley, Haley N Neil, James S Pankow, James R Pike, Jennifer A Schrack, Laura Sherry, Katherine H Teece, Kerry Witherell, Frank R Lin, Theresa H Chisolm
{"title":"Description of the Baseline Audiologic Characteristics of the Participants Enrolled in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study.","authors":"Victoria A Sanchez, Michelle L Arnold, Joshua F Betz, Nicholas S Reed, Sarah Faucette, Elizabeth Anderson, Sheila Burgard, Josef Coresh, Jennifer A Deal, Ann Clock Eddins, Adele M Goman, Nancy W Glynn, Lisa Gravens-Mueller, Jaime Hampton, Kathleen M Hayden, Alison R Huang, Kaila Liou, Christine M Mitchell, Thomas H Mosley, Haley N Neil, James S Pankow, James R Pike, Jennifer A Schrack, Laura Sherry, Katherine H Teece, Kerry Witherell, Frank R Lin, Theresa H Chisolm","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00066","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study is a randomized clinical trial designed to determine the effects of a best-practice hearing intervention versus a successful aging health education control intervention on cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults with untreated mild-to-moderate hearing loss. We describe the baseline audiologic characteristics of the ACHIEVE participants.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants aged 70-84 years (<i>N</i> = 977; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 76.8) were enrolled at four U.S. sites through two recruitment routes: (a) an ongoing longitudinal study and (b) de novo through the community. Participants underwent diagnostic evaluation including otoscopy, tympanometry, pure-tone and speech audiometry, speech-in-noise testing, and provided self-reported hearing abilities. Baseline characteristics are reported as frequencies (percentages) for categorical variables or medians (interquartiles, Q1-Q3) for continuous variables. Between-groups comparisons were conducted using chi-square tests for categorical variables or Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables. Spearman correlations assessed relationships between measured hearing function and self-reported hearing handicap.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median four-frequency pure-tone average of the better ear was 39 dB HL, and the median speech-in-noise performance was a 6-dB SNR loss, indicating mild speech-in-noise difficulty. No clinically meaningful differences were found across sites. Significant differences in subjective measures were found for recruitment route. Expected correlations between hearing measurements and self-reported handicap were found.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The extensive baseline audiologic characteristics reported here will inform future analyses examining associations between hearing loss and cognitive decline. The final ACHIEVE data set will be publicly available for use among the scientific community.</p><p><strong>Supplemental material: </strong>https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.24756948.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11001432/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139081031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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The Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Pure-Tone Average Predict Hearing Aid Use Equally Well. 修订版听力障碍量表和纯音平均值对助听器使用的预测效果相同。
IF 1.4 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00213
Lauren K Dillard, Lois J Matthews, Judy R Dubno
{"title":"The Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory and Pure-Tone Average Predict Hearing Aid Use Equally Well.","authors":"Lauren K Dillard, Lois J Matthews, Judy R Dubno","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00213","DOIUrl":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to (a) compare the Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory (RHHI) and pure-tone average (PTA) in their abilities to predict hearing aid use and (b) report the optimal cut-point values on the RHHI and PTA that predict hearing aid use.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were from a community-based cohort study. We evaluated the ability of the RHHI and PTA as (a) continuous variables and (b) binary variables characterized by the optimal cut point determined by the Youden Index to predict hearing aid use. RHHI scores range from 0 to 72, and PTA was defined as averaged thresholds at frequencies 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 kHz in the worse ear. We used logistic regression models and receiver operating characteristic curves with corresponding concordance statistics (<i>c</i>-statistics) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to determine the predictive ability of models and chi-square tests to determine whether <i>c</i>-statistics were significantly different.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 581 participants (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 72.9 [<i>SD</i> = 9.9] years; 59.9% female; 14.3% Minority race). The <i>c</i>-statistics for the RHHI (0.79, 95% CI [0.75, 0.83]) and PTA (0.81, 95% CI [0.78, 0.85]), as continuous variables, were not significantly different (<i>p</i> = .25). The optimal cut points for the RHHI and PTA to predict hearing aid use were 6 points and 32.5 dB HL, respectively. The <i>c</i>-statistics for the RHHI (0.72, 95% CI [0.68, 0.76]) and PTA (0.75, 95% CI [0.71, 0.79]), as binary variables, were not significantly different (<i>p</i> = .27).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The RHHI and PTA are similar in their ability to predict hearing aid use.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10950317/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139075659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Critical Thinking: A Program Review of Doctor of Audiology Students. 批判性思维:听力学博士生课程回顾。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00084
Annette Hurley, Megan Guidry, Megan Majoue, George Hebert
{"title":"Critical Thinking: A Program Review of Doctor of Audiology Students.","authors":"Annette Hurley, Megan Guidry, Megan Majoue, George Hebert","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00084","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Critical thinking is a crucial component of health care, and its importance has been recognized in training medical professionals. This study reports critical thinking skills for entering doctor of audiology (AuD) students and the trajectory of the change in critical thinking skills measured 2 times over a period of 3 years.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This longitudinal, descriptive, and exploratory design was implemented for programmatic review. Critical thinking skills were measured using the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT; Insight Assessment) upon entering the program and compared to measurements during the final month of academic coursework. Descriptive statistics, exploratory analyses of the HSRT scores among cohorts, the relationship of the HSRT to the graduate record examinations (GREs), and changes in the HSRT over time using a repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no significant differences in critical thinking skills between any of the cohort years. There was a significant correlation between the GRE verbal scores and OVERALL HSRT. Improvements in critical thinking skills were found between the time the students entered the graduate program and their final academic semester. Greater gains were reported for students who initially scored below the 50th percentile on the OVERALL HSRT.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This program review showed improvement in the critical thinking skills of AuD students during their academic training program. Information regarding critical thinking skills may be useful for programs to monitor students' clinical thinking skills and possibly include clinical and didactical activities to promote critical thinking skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138832604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Asynchronies in Auditory and Language Development Obscure Connections to Phonological Deficits in Children. 听觉和语言发展的不同步与儿童语音缺陷的隐性联系。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.1044/2023_aja-23-00147
Susan Nittrouer, Joanna H Lowenstein
{"title":"Asynchronies in Auditory and Language Development Obscure Connections to Phonological Deficits in Children.","authors":"Susan Nittrouer, Joanna H Lowenstein","doi":"10.1044/2023_aja-23-00147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_aja-23-00147","url":null,"abstract":"For half a century, psycholinguists have been exploring the idea that developmental language disorders may have their roots in suprathreshold auditory dysfunctions, but results are inconclusive. Typical studies focus on relationships between temporal processing abilities and measures of various language skills at the time of testing, a proximal account. This study expanded that focus by testing three novel hypotheses: (a) Spectral processing impairments may be more responsible for language-learning deficits than temporal processing impairments. (b) Phonological sensitivity is likely the specific language skill most strongly affected by auditory (dys)functions. (c) Poor auditory functioning observed at young ages may wholly or partly recover, reducing the magnitude of relationship between those recovered functions and persistent language skills at older ages.","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138561372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Can Playing a Game Improve Children's Speech Recognition? A Preliminary Study of Implicit Talker Familiarity Effects. 玩游戏能提高孩子的语音识别能力吗?内隐谈话者熟悉效应的初步研究。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00156
Mary M Flaherty, Rachael Price, Silvia Murgia, Emma Manukian
{"title":"Can Playing a Game Improve Children's Speech Recognition? A Preliminary Study of Implicit Talker Familiarity Effects.","authors":"Mary M Flaherty, Rachael Price, Silvia Murgia, Emma Manukian","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The goal was to evaluate whether implicit talker familiarization via an interactive computer game, designed for this study, could improve children's word recognition in classroom noise. It was hypothesized that, regardless of age, children would perform better when recognizing words spoken by the talker who was heard during the game they played.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using a one-group pretest-posttest experimental design, this study examined the impact of short-term implicit voice exposure on children's word recognition in classroom noise. Implicit voice familiarization occurred via an interactive computer game, played at home for 10 min a day for 5 days. In the game, children (8-12 years) heard one voice, intended to become the \"familiar talker.\" Pre- and postfamiliarization, children identified words in prerecorded classroom noise. Four conditions were tested to evaluate talker familiarity and generalization effects.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results demonstrated an 11% improvement when recognizing words spoken by the voice heard in the game (\"familiar talker\"). This was observed only for words that were heard in the game and did not generalize to unfamiliarized words. Before familiarization, younger children had poorer recognition than older children in all conditions; however, after familiarization, there was no effect of age on performance for familiarized stimuli.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Implicit short-term exposure to a talker has the potential to improve children's speech recognition. Therefore, leveraging talker familiarity through gameplay shows promise as a viable method for improving children's speech-in-noise recognition. However, given that improvements did not generalize to unfamiliarized words, careful consideration of exposure stimuli is necessary to optimize this approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138499899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Comparing Direct-to-Consumer Devices to Hearing Aids: Amplification Accuracy for Three Types of Hearing Loss. 直接面向消费者的设备与助听器的比较:三种听力损失的放大精度。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00170
Sterling W Sheffield, Molly Jacobs, Charles Ellis, Amber Gerasimchik
{"title":"Comparing Direct-to-Consumer Devices to Hearing Aids: Amplification Accuracy for Three Types of Hearing Loss.","authors":"Sterling W Sheffield, Molly Jacobs, Charles Ellis, Amber Gerasimchik","doi":"10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJA-22-00170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized regulations for over-the-counter hearing aids (OTC-HAs) on August 17, 2022. Little is known about the comparative performance of OTC-HAs and prescription HAs. This study compared amplification accuracy of prescription HAs and direct-to-consumer devices (DTCDs, including personal sound amplification products [PSAPs] and OTC-HAs).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Eleven devices were programmed to meet prescriptive targets in an acoustic manikin for three degrees of hearing loss. Devices consisted of high- and low-end HAs, PSAPS, and OTC-HAs. Each was tested, and deviations from target measured with an HA analyzer at every combination of 10 frequencies and low-, average-, and high-level inputs. Accuracy was compared using a multilevel Poisson model with device-specific intercepts controlling for input level, frequency, and device type.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For mild-moderate hearing loss, deviations from targets were not statistically different between high- and low-end HAs, but PSAPs (5.50 dB, <i>SE</i> = 0.92 dB) and OTC-HAs (8.83 dB, <i>SE</i> = 1.10 dB) had larger differentials. For flat moderate hearing loss, compared to high-end HAs, average differentials were larger for all device types at all input levels and frequencies (Low HA: 3.82 dB, <i>SE</i> = 1.10 dB; PSAP: 9.24 dB, <i>SE</i> = 1.22 dB; OTC-HA: 8.61 dB, <i>SE</i> = 1.19 dB). For mild sloping to severe hearing loss, compared to high-end HAs, OTC-HAs (9.72 dB, <i>SE</i> = 1.20 dB) and PSAPs (7.34 dB, <i>SE</i> = 1.07 dB) had larger differentials and significant variability at the highest and lowest frequencies. Half (three) of the PSAPs and OTC-HAs met most targets within ±5 dB.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>DTCDs were unable to meet prescriptive targets for severe types of hearing loss but could meet them for mild hearing loss. This study provides an examination of current hearing devices. More research is needed to determine whether meeting prescriptive targets provides any benefit in the outcomes and performance with DTCD devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":49241,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Audiology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138488878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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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Extraordinary Speech and Language Outcomes After Auditory Brainstem Implantation: Guidance From a Case Study. 听觉脑干植入术后的特殊言语和语言结果:案例研究指导。
IF 1.8 4区 医学
American Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Epub Date: 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJA-23-00099
Carolyn J Herbert, William G Kronenberger, Kim Wolfert, Rick F Nelson, Charles W Yates, David B Pisoni
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