Perception of Recorded Music With Hearing Aids: Compression Differentially Affects Musical Scene Analysis and Musical Sound Quality.

ABSTRACT: Hearing aids have traditionally been designed to facilitate speech perception. With regards to music perception, previous work indicates that hearing aid users frequently complain about music sound quality. Yet, the effects of hearing aid amplification on musical perception abilities are largely unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effects of hearing aid amplification and dynamic range compression (DRC) settings on musical scene analysis (MSA) abilities and sound quality ratings (SQR) using polyphonic music recordings. Additionally, speech reception thresholds in noise (SRT) were measured. Thirty-three hearing aid users with moderate to severe hearing loss participated in three conditions: unaided, and aided with either slow or fast DRC settings. Overall, MSA abilities, SQR and SRT

SUBMITTER: Hake R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12378302 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature