Combining Multiple Psychophysiological Measures of Listening Effort: Challenges and Recommendations
This article discusses in detail the various obstacles for combining multiple physiological measures in listening effort research and provides recommendations on how to overcome them. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 28, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Richter, Michael Buhiyan, Tanveer Bramsl øw, Lars Innes-Brown, Hamish Fiedler, Lorenz Hadley, Lauren V. Naylor, Graham Saunders, Gabrielle H. Wendt, Dorothea Whitmer, William M. Zekveld, Adriana A. Kramer, Sophia E. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Dual-Task Paradigm Measures of Listening Effort: To Include or Not to Include Secondary Task Responses with Incorrect Primary Task Responses
Semin Hear DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1766140Response time–based dual-task paradigms are commonly adopted to measure behavioral listening effort. Most extant studies used an all-response approach that included secondary task responses under both correct and incorrect primary task responses during analysis. However, evidence supporting this strategy is limited. Therefore, the current study investigated the potential differences between including all responses versus only including correct responses. Data from two previous studies were reanalyzed. Experiment 1 included 16 listeners and used a dual-task paradigm to examine the eff...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 28, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Huang, Haiping Oosthuizen, Ilze Picou, Erin M. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Listening Effort Methodologies: Challenges and Future Directions
Semin Hear DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1767668 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 28, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Picou, Erin M. Tags: Preface Source Type: research
Erratum: The Rise and Fall of Aural Acoustic Immittance Assessment Tools
Semin Hear 2023; 44: e1-e1 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1767808 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 23, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Shahnaz, Navid AlMakadma, Hammam Sanford, Chris A. Tags: ERRATA Source Type: research
Common Sounds Audiograms: Quantitative Analyses and Recommendations
Semin Hear 2023; 44: S49-S63 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764128A counseling tool routinely used by pediatric audiologists and early intervention-specialists is the often-named “common sounds audiogram” (CSA). Typically, a child's hearing detection thresholds are plotted on the CSA to indicate that child's audibility of speech and environmental sounds. Importantly, the CSA may be the first item that parents see when their child's hearing loss is explained. Thus, the accuracy of the CSA and its associated counseling information are integral to the parents' understanding of what their child can hear and to the parents' role in t...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 22, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Hillis, Cory L. Uchanski, Rosalie M. Davidson, Lisa S. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Honoring the Contributions of Pat Stelmachowicz to the Field of Pediatric Audiology
Semin Hear 2023; 44: S1-S2 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764137 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 22, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: McCreery, Ryan W. Tags: Introduction Source Type: research
Wideband Acoustic Reflex Measurement
Semin Hear 2023; 44: 084-092 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1763296Acoustic reflex thresholds (ART) obtained using pure-tone probe stimuli as part of a traditional immittance test battery can be used to evaluate site of lesion and provide a cross-check with behavioral results. ARTs obtained as part of a wideband acoustic immittance (WAI) test battery using a click as the probe stimulus can be used in the same way with the added benefit that they may provide lower ARTs than those obtained using a pure-tone probe. Another benefit of the WAI ART test is that it can be completed without requiring a hermetic seal or pressurizing the ear c...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 14, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Feeney, M. Patrick Schairer, Kim S. Putterman, Daniel B. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
The Rise and Fall of Aural Acoustic Immittance Assessment Tools
This article reviews important historical markers in the development and operation of middle ear assessment tools and analysis methods. Technical and clinical factors underlying the emergence and adoption of different acoustic immittance tests as a standard of clinical practice are described. In addition, we discuss the likelihood for widespread adoption of wideband acoustic immittance and wideband tympanometry in future clinical practice. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | open access Full tex...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 14, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Shahnaz, Navid AlMakadma, Hammam Sanford, Chris A. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Assessment of Middle Ear Function Using Wideband Acoustic Immittance: Current Practices and Future Prospects
Semin Hear 2023; 44: 001-004 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1763298 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | open access Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 14, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: AlMakadma, Hammam Tags: Preface Source Type: research
Implementation of Wideband Acoustic Immittance in Clinical Practice: Relationships among Audiologic and Otologic Findings
This article presents information aimed at helping clinicians increase their confidence in using this new tool by becoming more familiar and making connections with the ways that WAI outcomes both align with and add to standard immittance, audiometric and otologic diagnostic test outcomes. This article presents several case studies to demonstrate the use of WAI in realistic clinical settings. Each case presents a brief background, case history, audiologic/otologic findings, and initial recommendations, followed by a discussion on how the inclusion of WAI test outcomes aids in diagnostic decisions. The overall aim of this w...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 2, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Sanford, Chris A. Brockett, Jeff E. Aithal, Venkatesh AlMakadma, Hammam Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Speech Understanding in Complex Environments by School-Age Children with Mild Bilateral or Unilateral Hearing Loss
This article discusses issues and research relative to speech understanding in complex environments for children with MBHL or UHL and implications for real-world listening and understanding. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 2, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Lewis, Dawna E. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Quantifying Access to Speech in Children with Hearing Loss: The Influence of the Work of Pat Stelmachowicz on Measures of Audibility
This article reviews the research of Pat Stelmachowicz on traditional and novel measures for quantifying speech audibility (i.e., pure-tone average [PTA], the articulation/audibility index [AI], the speech intelligibility index, and auditory dosage) as predictors of speech perception and language outcomes in children. We discuss the limitations of using audiometric PTA as a predictor of perceptual outcomes in children and how Pat's research shed light on the importance of measures that characterize high-frequency audibility. We also discuss the AI, Pat's work on the calculation of the AI as a hearing aid outcome measure, a...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 1, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Wiseman, Kathryn B. McCreery, Ryan W. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
The Importance of High-Frequency Bandwidth on Speech and Language Development in Children: A Review of Patricia Stelmachowicz's Contributions to Pediatric Audiology
Semin Hear DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764138We review the literature related to Patricia Stelmachowicz's research in pediatric audiology, specifically focusing on the influence of audibility in language development and acquisition of linguistic rules. Pat Stelmachowicz spent her career increasing our awareness and understanding of children with mild to severe hearing loss who use hearing aids. Using a variety of novel experiments and stimuli, Pat and her colleagues produced a robust body of evidence to support the hypothesis that development moderates the role of frequency bandwidth on speech perception, particularly for fricati...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 1, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Walker, Elizabeth A. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Wideband Acoustic Immittance in Children
This article reviews evidence for the ability of WBA measurements to accurately characterize the normal middle ear function across a wide range of frequencies and to aid in differential diagnosis of common middle ear disorders in children. Absorbance results in cases of otitis media with effusion, negative middle ear pressure, Eustachian tube malfunction, middle ear tumors, and pressure equalization tubes will be compared to age-appropriate normative data. Where applicable, WBAamb as well as WBATPP will be reviewed in these conditions. The main objectives of this article are to identify, assess, and interpret WBAamb and WB...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 1, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Shahnaz, Navid Aithal, Sreedevi Bargen, Gabriel A. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Extending the High-Frequency Bandwidth and Predicting Speech-in-Noise Recognition: Building on the Work of Pat Stelmachowicz
Semin Hear DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764133Recent work has demonstrated that high-frequency (>6 kHz) and extended high-frequency (EHF; >8 kHz) hearing is valuable for speech-in-noise recognition. Several studies also indicate that EHF pure-tone thresholds predict speech-in-noise performance. These findings contradict the broadly accepted “speech bandwidth” that has historically been limited to below 8 kHz. This growing body of work is a tribute to the work of Pat Stelmachowicz, whose research was instrumental in revealing the limitations of the prior speech bandwidth work, particularly for female talkers and chi...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - March 1, 2023 Category: Audiology Authors: Monson, Brian B. Trine, Allison Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
