Understanding Variability in Individual Response to Hearing Aid Signal Processing in Wearable Hearing Aids.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous work has suggested that individual characteristics, including amount of hearing loss, age, and working memory ability, may affect response to hearing aid signal processing. The present study aims to extend work using metrics to quantify cumulative signal modifications under simulated conditions to real hearing aids worn in everyday listening environments. Specifically, the goal was to determine whether individual factors such as working memory, age, and degree of hearing loss play a role in explaining how listeners respond to signal modifications caused by signal processing in real hearing aids, worn in the listener's everyday environment, over a period of time.

Design

Participants were older adults (age range 54-90 years) with symmetrical mild-to-moderat

SUBMITTER: Souza P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6786927 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov/Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature