The Rapid Screening for Somatosensory Tinnitus Tool: a Data-Driven Decision Tree Based on Specific Diagnostic Criteria
Conclusions:
Based on a 42-item survey, a decision tree was created that was able to detect ST patients with high accuracy (82.2%) using only 4 questions. The RaSST is therefore expected to be easily implementable in clinical practice. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Temporal Modulation Transfer Functions of Amplitude-Modulated Cervical Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Young Adults
Conclusions:
AMcVEMPs reflect transient onset and offset responses, as well as a sustained response with the periodicity of an amplitude-modulation frequency. AMcVEMP TMTFs had variable shapes depending on the analysis being applied to the response; amplitude had a narrow shape while others were broader. Average upper frequency limits of the AMcVEMP TMTF were as high as approximately 300 Hz in young, healthy adults. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Both-Ear Method for the Analysis of Audiometric Data
Conclusions:
The worse-ear and better-ear methods may lead to biased estimates, and the left/right ear method typically results in less-efficient estimates. In certain settings, the both-ear method using the Generalized Estimating Equation approach for analyses of audiometric data may be preferable to the single-ear methods. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Is Having Hearing Loss Fundamentally Different? Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling of the Effect of Cognitive Functioning on Speech Identification
Conclusion:
Our findings revealed similar cognitive functioning and aging effects on speech-in-noise performance in older normal-hearing and aided hearing-impaired listeners. In conclusion, the findings support the Ease of Language Understanding model as cognitive processes play a critical role in speech-in-noise independent from the hearing status of elderly individuals. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials Recorded Directly Through the Cochlear Implant in Cochlear Implant Recipients: a Feasibility Study
Conclusions:
This study demonstrated the feasibility of recording long latency CAEPs directly and solely through CI in adults with residual hearing, in response to acoustic stimulation of the non-implanted ear. The CI CAEPs closely resembled the CAEPs recorded simultaneously by an external EP system and via scalp electrodes. The ability to record directly from the implant, without the need of an external recording system, presents an innovative method with many clinical and research implications. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Hearing Loss and Cognitive Function: Baseline Findings From the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health: ELSA-Brasil
Conclusion:
In a community-dwelling sample of most middle-aged adults, objectively measured HL was associated with lower VF. These results should be evaluated with caution, given the likelihood of residual confounding and the fact that only VF showed an association with HL. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Adaptive Hearing Aid Benefit in Children With Mild/Moderate Hearing Loss: A Registered, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial
Conclusions:
Use of the experimental (OSN) algorithm neither enhanced nor reduced performance on auditory, cognitive, academic or caregiver report measures compared with the control (OMNI) algorithm. However, prolonged hearing aid use led to benefits in hearing, academic skills, attention, and caregiver evaluation. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Randomized Clinical Trial Source Type: research
Ecological Validity, External Validity, and Mundane Realism in Hearing Science
Tests of hearing function are typically conducted in conditions very different from those in which people need to hear and communicate. Even when test conditions are more similar, they cannot represent the diversity of situations that may be encountered by individuals in daily life. As a consequence, it is necessary to consider external validity: the extent to which findings are likely to generalize to conditions beyond those in which data are collected. External validity has long been a concern in many fields and has led to the development of theories and methods aimed at improving generalizability of laboratory findings....
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Point of View Source Type: research
How Audiology Alienates Transgender Audiologists
There are more transgender and gender-diverse clinical audiologists working today than might at first be apparent. The field of audiology, however, has unique interpersonal and structural factors that cause transgender audiologists to experience significant prejudice and discrimination from their patients and colleagues. Transgender audiologists who experience discrimination are at higher risk of stress, burnout, and leaving the field of audiology altogether. Improved education for healthcare professionals on LGBTQIA+ topics in graduate and continuing education may resolve many of the unequitable experiences that transgend...
Source: Ear and Hearing - September 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Point of View Source Type: research
Hearing Features and Cochlear Implantation Outcomes in Patients With PathogenicMYO15AVariants: a Multicenter Observational Study
Conclusions:
The hearing features of patients with biallelic pathogenicMYO15Avariants are characterized by severe to profound SNHI, rapid hearing progression, and favorable outcomes with cochlear implants. Periodic auditory monitoring is warranted for these patients to enable early intervention. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - July 1, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Better hearing in Norway. A comparison of two HUNT cohorts 20 years apart.: Erratum
No abstract available (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - June 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
More Than Words: the Relative Roles of Prosody and Semantics in the Perception of Emotions in Spoken Language by Postlingual Cochlear Implant Users
Conclusions:
CI users and NH controls did not differ in perception of prosodic and semantic emotions and in auditory selective attention. However, when the task called for integration of prosody and semantics, CI users overused the semantic information (as compared with NH). We suggest that as CI users adopt diverse cue weighting strategies with device experience, their weighting of prosody and semantics differs from those used by NH. Finally, CI users may benefit from rehabilitation strategies that strengthen perception of prosodic information to better understand emotional speech. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - June 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
The Impact of Occupational Noise Exposure on Hyperacusis: a Longitudinal Population Study of Female Workers in Sweden
Conclusions:
This study indicates increased risk of hyperacusis already below the permissible occupational noise exposure limit in Sweden (85 dB LAeq,8h) among female workers in general, and in particular among preschool teachers. Prospective studies and less wide exposure intervals could confirm causal effects and assess dose–response relationships, respectively, although this study at present suggest a need for risk assessment, improved hearing prevention measures, and noise abatement measures in occupations with noise levels from 75 dB(A). The results could also have implications for management of occupational dis...
Source: Ear and Hearing - June 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Phonological Priming as a Lens for Phonological Organization in Children With Cochlear Implants
Conclusions:
The different experience of children with cochlear implants with phonological facilitation and inhibition effects may indicate children with cochlear implants have phonological organization strategies that are different from those of children with typical hearing. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - June 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
Prelinguistic Consonant Production and the Influence of Mouthing Before and After Cochlear Implantation
Conclusions:
The results document consonant production before cochlear implantation in a larger group of infants with profound hearing loss than previously examined. The results also extend evidence of early delays in consonant production to infants who received cochlear implants at 12 mo of age, and show that they likely miss the potential benefits of auditory-motor feedback in vocalization-mouthing combinations that occur before they have access to sound through cochlear implants. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - June 28, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research
