Evaluating the Association Between Hearing Loss and Falls in Adults With Vestibular Dysfunction or Nonvestibular Dizziness
Conclusions:
These results indicate that HL was not associated with falls in patients with vestibular dysfunction or nonvestibular dizziness, while adjusting for demographics, comorbidities, and falls-associated medications. There was no significant interactive effect observed between HL and vestibular dysfunction or nonvestibular dizziness on the odds of falling. As previously reported, vestibular dysfunction and nonvestibular dizziness were independently associated with falls relative to a group of patients without dizziness. A population-based study utilizing more robust falls data is needed to explore a potential a...
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Preoperative Visual Measures of Verbal Learning and Memory and their Relations to Speech Recognition After Cochlear Implantation
Conclusions:
Older adult CI candidates present with verbal learning and memory deficits compared with older adults without hearing loss, even on visual tasks that are independent from the direct effects of audibility. Preoperative verbal learning and memory processes reflecting repetition learning and self-generated organizational strategies in free recall were associated with speech recognition outcomes 6 months after implantation. The pattern of results suggests that visual measures of verbal learning may be a useful predictor of outcomes in postlingual adult CICs. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
The Associations of Hearing Sensitivity and Different Cognitive Functions with Perception of Speech-in-Noise
This study is based on data of 2585 participants of the Rhineland Study, which is a German community-based cohort study of persons of age 30 years and older. We assessed speech-in-noise with a sentence-in-noise test (Göttinger Satztest), hearing sensitivity thresholds (air conduction pure-tone audiometry [PTA] average of 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz), and the following cognitive domains: crystallized intelligence (German Mehrfachwahl-Wortschatz-Intelligenztest, MWT-B), executive functioning (Trail Making Test B, TMT), working memory (Digit Span forward, DS), and long-term memory (Verbal Learning and Memory Test delayed recall; ...
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
An Economic Evaluation of Australia’s Newborn Hearing Screening Program: A Within-Study Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Conclusions:
The evaluation demonstrated the usefulness of a within-study economic evaluation to understand the value for money of the UNHS program in the Australian context. Findings from this evaluation suggested that screening costs were the key driver of cost-effectiveness results. Most outcomes were not significantly different between UNHS and targeted screening groups. The ICER may be overestimated due to the short follow-up period. Further research is warranted to include long-term resource use and outcome data, late diagnosis, transition and remission between severity levels, and timing of diagnosis and treatme...
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
The Association Between Hearing Loss and Surgical Complications in Older Adults
Conclusions:
Hearing loss was significantly associated with developing postoperative complications in older adults undergoing major surgery. Screening for hearing impairment may be a useful addition to the preoperative assessment and perioperative management of older patients undergoing surgery. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Auditory Brainstem Response Detection Using Machine Learning: A Comparison With Statistical Detection Methods
Conclusions:
The stacked ensemble model presented was more effective than conventional statistical ABR detection methods and the alternative machine learning approaches tested. The stacked ensemble detection method may have potential both in automated ABR screening devices as well as in evoked potential software, assisting clinicians in making decisions regarding a patient’s ABR threshold. Further assessment of the model’s generalizability using a large cohort of subject recorded data, including participants of different ages and hearing status, is a recommended next step. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Using Narrow Band CE-Chirps to Elicit Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials
Objectives:
To compare the effects of Narrow band CE-Chirps (NB CE-Chirps) and tone bursts (TBs) at 500 Hz and 1000 Hz on the amplitudes and latencies in cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs).
Design:
Thirty-one healthy adult volunteers of varying ages were tested by air conduction at 95 dB nHL. Recording conditions were randomized for each participant and each modality was tested twice.
Results:
NB CE-Chirps showed larger corrected amplitudes than TBs at 500 Hz (p (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
The Effect of Hearing Aid Use on the Association Between Hearing Loss and Brain Structure in Older Adults
Conclusions:
We found no evidence for a moderating effect of hearing aids on the relationship between hearing loss and brain structure in a population of older adults. However, use of hearing aids did appear as an effect modifier in the association between age and white matter integrity. Future longitudinal research is needed to clarify these results. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Smartphone-Connected Hearing Aids Enable and Empower Self-Management of Hearing Loss: A Qualitative Interview Study Underpinned by the Behavior Change Wheel
Conclusions:
Smartphone-connected hearing aids, when used in their everyday lives, were viewed positively by participants across a range of domains, empowering them and enabling hearing loss self-management. Audiologists should consider smartphone-connected hearing aid candidacy for all who have access to smartphones and are willing to use one. Use of the BCW has identified that modifiable barriers to using smartphone-connected hearing aids exist. Audiologists could use these evidence-based behavior change techniques to support patients in adopting and using these technologies to successfully self-manage hearing loss. ...
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
The Importance of Extended High-Frequency Speech Information in the Recognition of Digits, Words, and Sentences in Quiet and Noise
Conclusions:
Speech information for frequencies above 8 kHz contributes to speech recognition in noise. It also contributes to speech recognition in quiet when information below 3 kHz is absent. Our results suggest that EHFs may be relevant in challenging listening conditions and should be measured in pure-tone audiometry to get a complete picture of a person’s hearing. Further, results of speech recognition tests may vary when different recording and/or measurement equipment is used with different frequency responses above 8 kHz. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Listening Effort Measured Using a Dual-task Paradigm in Adults With Different Amounts of Noise Exposure
Conclusions:
This study is a first exploration of the effects of different amounts of noise exposure on listening effort showing that, listening effort is increased in subjects with high noise exposure compared with subjects with low and medium noise exposure. The most plausible hypothesis pertains to an effect of noise exposure on the peripheral and central auditory system, or a combination of effects on both the auditory system and the high-level cognitive functions necessary for speech understanding in the subjects with high levels of noise exposure. As such, a test for listening effort would be useful as part of a ...
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Vocal Turn-Taking in Families With Children With and Without Hearing Loss
Conclusions:
The quantity of vocal turn-taking depends on the degree of child hearing loss and the relationship between the children and the members of their social environment. Longitudinally, the positive effect of an assistive device on the quantity of turns between the children and their family members was found. The effect was stronger in families with siblings. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Intraoperative Electrocochleography in Subjects Affected by Vestibular Schwannoma and Ménière’s Disease: Comparison of Results
Conclusions:
The current findings suggest cochlear pathology (e.g., hair cell loss) in both groups but do not support the hypothesis that VSs cause ELH. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Cochlear Implant Compression Optimization for Musical Sound Quality in MED-EL Users
Conclusions:
CI users reported improvements in music sound quality with higher than default Maplaw or AGC settings. Thus, participants preferred slightly higher compression for music listening, with results having clinical implications for improving music perception in CI users. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Effect of Noise Reduction on Cortical Speech-in-Noise Processing and Its Variance due to Individual Noise Tolerance
Conclusions:
NR can facilitate speech-in-noise processing despite no improvement in behavioral performance. Findings from the current study also indicate that people with lower noise tolerance are more likely to get more benefits from NR. Overall, results suggest that future research should take a mechanistic approach to NR outcomes and individual noise tolerance. (Source: Ear and Hearing)
Source: Ear and Hearing - April 17, 2022 Category: Audiology Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
