J Am Acad Audiol. 2022 Apr 5. doi: 10.1055/a-1817-6840. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Identifying and understanding speech is difficult for individuals with sensorineural hearing loss, especially in noisy environments. Possible causes include less audibility of the signal, impaired temporal resolution and low selectivity of frequency. The...

J Am Acad Audiol. 2022 Mar 24. doi: 10.1055/a-1808-1275. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Hearing aid responses can be verified with the Real Ear Aided Response (REAR). Procedures for predicting the REAR from coupler-based verification exist, but have not incorporated corrections for venting, limiting their use and validity for vented and open...

J Am Acad Audiol. 2022 Mar 22. doi: 10.1055/a-1804-6601. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBackground Tinnitus is a common and, in many cases, chronic condition. Coping with a chronic ailment is a long-term process, which also depends on the personality of the individual. One important personality resource is ego-resiliency, i.e., how flexible the person...

J Am Acad Audiol. 2021 Sep 28. doi: 10.1055/a-1656-5996. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The acceptable noise level (ANL) is the maximum level of background noise that an individual is willing to accept while listening to speech. The type of background noise does not affect ANL results except for music (Gordon-Hickey & Moore, 2007; Nàbĕlek...

J Am Acad Audiol. 2021 Apr 22. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1722987. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of adults are receiving cochlear implants (CIs) and many achieve high levels of speech perception and improved quality of life. However, a proportion of implant recipients still struggle due to limited speech recognition and/or greater...

J Am Acad Audiol. 2020 Nov;31(10):C1-C2. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726576. Epub 2021 Apr 20.NO ABSTRACTPMID:33878787 | DOI:10.1055/s-0041-1726576