6 RESULTS
Broadband amplification as tinnitus treatment
Mie L. Jørgensen1,2, Petteri Hyvärinen1, Sueli Caporali2, Torsten Dau11Hearing Systems Section, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark2WS Audiology, Lynge, Denmark The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of broadband amplification (125 Hz to 10 kHz) as tinnitus treatment for subjects with high-frequency hearing loss and compare these …
The influence of bilingualism and hearing loss on cognition in older adults
Katrien Vermeire1, Adrian Fuente21Long Island University, New York City, USA2Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal Research Center, Montreal, Canada Healthy aging is a priority as the proportion of older adults is drastically increasing. In developed regions the population aged 60 or over is expected to nearly double in 50 years. The prevalence of cognitive decline …
Impact of background noise on methods for categorical loudness scaling
Palle Rye1, Dorte Hammershøi11Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark The initial crucial step in hearing rehabilitation is a reliable diagnosis of hearing impairment. Pure tone threshold measurement in a quiet clinical setting is the current gold standard for this purpose. The reliability of pure tone threshold measurement depends on a quiet environment, especially …
Noise edge pitch and histogram of interpeak intervals
Václav Vencovský11Department of Radioelectronics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Broadband noise with a sharp falling edge in the power spectrum evokes a monaural noise edge pitch. When comparing with the pitch of a matching pure tone, the same pitch sensation is evoked for pure tone shifted slightly into the spectral region of the …
Evaluation of two adaptive maximum likelihood methods for measuring frequency discrimination thresholds in naive participants
Moussa Kousa1, Julien Besle11Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon We evaluated two adaptive methods for fast and reliable measurement of frequency difference limens (DLFs) at multiple base frequencies in naive participants. Our ultimate goal will be to correlate these DLF functions with cortical frequency magnification functions measured in the participants’ primary auditory …