Age-Related Changes in Voice Emotion Recognition by Postlingually Deafened Listeners With Cochlear Implants
Conclusions:
Both CI users and NH listeners showed age-related deficits in emotion identification. The CI users’ overall deficit in emotion perception, and their slower response times, suggest impaired social communication which may in turn impact overall well-being, particularly so for older CI users, as lower vocal emotion recognition scores have been associated with poorer subjective quality of life in CI patients. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
No Benefit of Deriving Cochlear-Implant Maps From Binaural Temporal-Envelope Sensitivity for Speech Perception or Spatial Hearing Under Single-Sided Deafness
Conclusion:
Adjusting the FAT to optimize sensitivity to interaural temporal-envelope disparities did not improve localization or speech perception. The clinical frequency-to-place alignment may already be sufficient, given the inherently poor spectral resolution of CIs. Alternatively, other factors, such as temporal misalignment between the two ears, may need to be addressed before any benefits of spectral alignment can be observed. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Inclusion of Older Adults Who Experience Homelessness in Laboratory-Based Audiology Research: a Feasibility Study
Conclusions:
We identified a few barriers to including older adults who experience homelessness in laboratory-based audiology research and discussed potential strategies. Our findings provide lessons for future audiology research on including a population of individuals who may be vulnerable to health disparity and often omitted from research. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: IDEA Source Type: research
A Scoping Review of Studies Comparing Outcomes for Children With Severe Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids to Children With Cochlear Implants
Conclusions:
This scoping review provides a summary of the literature regarding comparative outcomes of children with severe hearing-loss using acoustic hearing aids and children using cochlear implants. Notable gaps in knowledge that could be addressed in future research includes children’s quality of life, educational attainment, and complex listening and language outcomes, such as word and sentence understanding in background noise, spatial listening, communication and pragmatic skills. Clinician awareness of this sparse evidence base is important when making management decisions for children with more residual he...
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Review Source Type: research
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus: Addressing the Controversy of Its Clinical Delivery by Audiologists
Audiologists’ role in providing care for tinnitus typically includes conducting an audiologic evaluation, fitting hearing aids when appropriate, assessing the impact of tinnitus, and facilitating use of sound to improve quality of life with tinnitus when appropriate. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is consistently judged by systematic reviews as having the strongest evidence relative to other therapies for improving quality of life with tinnitus. Because audiologists are already playing an active role in providing care for tinnitus, and the relative paucity of behavioral health providers who are experienced in impleme...
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Point of View Source Type: research
American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Children
This article summarizes the available evidence on pediatric cochlear implantation to provide current guidelines for clinical protocols and candidacy recommendations in the United States. Candidacy determination involves specification of audiologic and medical criteria per guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration. However, recommendations for a cochlear implant evaluation also should maintain flexibility and consider a child’s skill progression (i.e., month-for-month progress in speech, language, and auditory development) and quality of life with appropriately fit hearing aids. Moreover, evidence supports medical an...
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: ACIA Guidelines Source Type: research
American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Clinical Assessment and Management of Cochlear Implantation in Children With Single-Sided Deafness
More children with single-sided deafness (SSD) are receiving cochlear implants (CIs) due to the expansion of CI indications. This unique group of pediatric patients has different needs than the typical recipient with bilateral deafness and requires special consideration and care. The goal of cochlear implantation in these children is to provide bilateral input to encourage the development of binaural hearing. Considerations for candidacy and follow-up care should reflect and measure these goals. The purpose of this document is to review the current evidence and provide guidance for CI candidacy, evaluation, and management ...
Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: ACIA Guidelines Source Type: research
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Source: Ear and Hearing - February 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
The Influence of Sensation Level on Speech-Evoked Envelope Following Responses
Conclusions:
Stimulus and frequency dependency in EFRs exist despite accounting for differences in audibility of speech sounds. The growth rate of EFR characteristics with SL is independent of stimulus and its frequency. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research
Vestibular mapping assessment in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Conclusions:
The vestibular end organ showed various patterns of dysfunction in patients with ISSNHL. Of the five vestibular end organs, only abnormal posterior SCC was associated with poor prognosis for hearing recovery. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Recurrence Rate and Risk Factors of Recurrence in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: a Single-Center Long-Term Prospective Study With a Large Cohort
Conclusions:
The recurrence rate of BPPV was 22.1% at 5 years after the initial treatment. About 70% of recurred patients had a recurrence within 1 year. Head trauma, ipsilateral Meniere’s disease, the number of canalith repositioning procedures performed, and the number of previous vertigo attacks were significant risk factors of BPPV recurrence. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Spoken Language Skills in Children With Bilateral Hearing Aids or Bilateral Cochlear Implants at the Age of Three Years
Conclusions:
At the age of 3 years, especially receptive vocabulary and phonological skills caused difficulties for children with HL showing also considerable individual variation. Children with bilateral HAs seemed to be more likely to have poorer receptive vocabulary and phonological skills than children with bilateral CIs. A variety of factors was associated with outcomes in both groups. Close monitoring of spoken language skills of children with HL is important for ensuring similar opportunities for all children with HL and timely intervention, when needed. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Single-Sided Deafness Cochlear Implant Sound-Localization Behavior With Multiple Concurrent Sources
Conclusions:
These results extend previous findings, demonstrating a CI localization benefit in a complex listening scenario that includes environmental and behavioral elements encountered in everyday listening conditions. The CI also reduced the magnitude of gross head movements used to perform the task. This was the case even before the target sound was added to the mixture. This suggests that a CI can reduce the need for physical movement both in anticipation of an upcoming sound event and while actively localizing the target sound. Overall, these results show that for SSD listeners, a CI can improve localization in...
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Spatial Hearing Difficulties in Reaching Space in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children Improve With Head Movements
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to assess three-dimensional (3D) spatial hearing abilities in reaching space of children and adolescents fitted with bilateral cochlear implants (BCI). The study also investigated the impact of spontaneous head movements on sound localization abilities.
Design:
BCI children (N = 18, aged between 8 and 17) and age-matched normal-hearing (NH) controls (N = 18) took part in the study. Tests were performed using immersive virtual reality equipment that allowed control over visual information and initial eye position, as well as real-time 3D motion tracking of head and hand posit...
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Teaching Children With Hearing Loss to Recognize Speech: Gains Made With Computer-Based Auditory and/or Speechreading Training
Conclusions:
The findings provide support for the practice of providing children who have hearing loss with structured speech perception training and suggest that future aural rehabilitation programs might include teacher-specific speech perception training to prepare children for an upcoming school year, especially since training will generalize to other talkers. The results also suggest that benefits of speech perception training were not significantly related to age, language level, or degree of phonological awareness. The findings are largely consistent with TAP theory, suggesting that the more aligned a training t...
Source: Ear and Hearing - January 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
