Auditory and Cognitive Attributes of Hearing Aid Acclimatization in Individuals With Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Conclusions The study indicated a significant perceived benefit with hearing aid acclimatization, and the underlying mechanism appears to be the signal-to-noise ratio gain. The findings of LE indicated reduced LE, thereby suggesting lesser cognitive load with hearing aid acclimatization. In addition, the individuals who performed poorer in the baseline measurement showed greater perceived benefit with hearing aid acclimatization. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.9253175.
PMID: 31461327 [PubMed - in process]

Source: American Journal of Audiology - August 27, 2019 Category: Audiology Authors: Megha, Maruthy S Tags: Am J Audiol Source Type: research