Dau, Torsten

Friis, Morten

Jørgensen, Søren

Kjærbøl, Erik

Santurette, Sébastien

Thorup, Nicoline

Hearing-impaired (HI) listeners often complain about communicating in the presence of background noise, although audibility may be restored by a hearing-aid (HA). The audiogram typically forms the basis for HA fitting, such that people with similar audiograms are given the same prescription by default. However, this does not necessary lead to the same HA benefit. This study aimed at identifying clinically relevant tests that may be informative in addition to the audiogram and relate more directly to HA benefit. Twenty-nine HI listeners performed fast tests of loudness perception, spectral and temporal resolution, binaural hearing, speech intelligibility in stationary and fluctuating noise, and a working-memory test. Six weeks after HA fitting they answered the International Outcome Inventory – Hearing Aid evaluation. The HI group was homogeneous based on the audiogram, but only one test was correlated to pure-tone hearing thresholds. Moreover, HI listeners who took the least advantage from fluctuations in background noise in terms of speech intelligibility experienced greater HA benefit. Further analysis of whether specific outcomes are directly related to speech intelligibility in fluctuating noise could be relevant for concrete HA fitting applications

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Evaluation of a clinical auditory profile in hearing-aid candidates - DTU Orbit (08/11/2017) Evaluation of a clinical auditory profile in hearing-aid candidatesHearing-impaired (HI) listeners often complain about communicating in the presence of background noise, althoughaudibility may be restored by a hearing-aid (HA). The audiogram typically forms the basis for HA fitting, such that peoplewith similar audiograms are given the same prescription by default. However, this does not necessary lead to the sameHA benefit. This study aimed at identifying clinically relevant tests that may be informative in addition to the audiogram andrelate more directly to HA benefit. Twenty-nine HI listeners performed fast tests of loudness perception, spectral andtemporal resolution, binaural hearing, speech intelligibility in stationary and fluctuating noise, and a working-memory test.Six weeks after HA fitting they answered the International Outcome Inventory – Hearing Aid evaluation. The HI group washomogeneous based on the audiogram, but only one test was correlated to pure-tone hearing thresholds. Moreover, HIlisteners who took the least advantage from fluctuations in background noise in terms of speech intelligibility experiencedgreater HA benefit. Further analysis of whether specific outcomes are directly related to speech intelligibility in fluctuatingnoise could be relevant for concrete HA fitting applications. General informationState: PublishedOrganisations: Department of Electrical Engineering, Hearing Systems, RigshospitaletAuthors: Thorup, N. (Ekstern), Santurette, S. (Intern), Jørgensen, S. (Intern), Kjærbøl, E. (Ekstern), Dau, T. (Intern), Friis,M. (Ekstern)Number of pages: 8Publication date: 2015 Host publication informationTitle of host publication: Proceedings of ISAAR 2015Editors: Santurette, S., Dau, T., Tranebjærg, L., Andersen, T.ISBN (Print): 978-87-990013-5-4Main Research Area: Technical/natural sciencesConference: 5th International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, Nyborg, Denmark, 26/08/2015 -26/08/2015 RelationsActivities: Beyond the audiogram: How can we achievebetter hearing rehabilitation? Source: PublicationPreSubmissionSource-ID: 123023485Publication: Research - peer-review › Article in proceedings – Annual report year: 2016 

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