Development and Evaluation of a Loudness Validation Method With Natural Signals for Hearing Aid Fitting.

ABSTRACT: Loudness is a fundamental dimension of auditory perception. When hearing impairment results in a loudness deficit, hearing aids are typically prescribed to compensate for this. However, the relationship between an individual's specific hearing impairment and the hearing aid fitting strategy used to address it is usually not straightforward. Various iterations of fine-tuning and troubleshooting by the hearing care professional are required, based largely on experience and the introspective feedback from the hearing aid user. We present the development of a new method for validating an individual's loudness perception of natural signals relative to a normal-hearing reference. It is a measurement method specifically designed for the situation typically encountered by hearing care professional

SUBMITTER: Exter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788813 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature