Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation
<i>Background</i>—The clinical characterization of hearing deficits for hearing-aid fitting purposes is typically based on the pure-tone audiogram only. In a previous study, a group of hearing-impaired listeners completed a comprehensive test battery that was designed to tap into differe...
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| author | Raul Sanchez-Lopez Michal Fereczkowski Sébastien Santurette Torsten Dau Tobias Neher |
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| description | <i>Background</i>—The clinical characterization of hearing deficits for hearing-aid fitting purposes is typically based on the pure-tone audiogram only. In a previous study, a group of hearing-impaired listeners completed a comprehensive test battery that was designed to tap into different dimensions of hearing abilities. A data-driven analysis of the data yielded four clinically relevant patient sub-populations or “auditory profiles”. The purpose of the current study was to propose and pilot-test profile-based hearing-aid settings in order to explore their potential for providing more targeted hearing-aid treatment. <i>Methods</i>—Four candidate hearing-aid settings were developed and evaluated by a subset of the participants tested previously. The evaluation consisted of multi-comparison preference ratings that were carried out in realistic sound scenarios. <i>Results</i>—Listeners belonging to the different auditory profiles showed different patterns of preference for the tested hearing-aid settings that were largely consistent with the expectations. <i>Conclusions</i>—The results of this pilot evaluation support further investigations into stratified, profile-based hearing-aid fitting with wearable hearing aids. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-501b95f8085e4e20bef0f8224b2eed742023-12-03T13:29:01ZengMDPI AGAudiology Research2039-43492021-01-01111102110.3390/audiolres11010002Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot EvaluationRaul Sanchez-Lopez0Michal Fereczkowski1Sébastien Santurette2Torsten Dau3Tobias Neher4Hearing Systems Section, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkHearing Systems Section, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkHearing Systems Section, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkHearing Systems Section, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkInstitute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark<i>Background</i>—The clinical characterization of hearing deficits for hearing-aid fitting purposes is typically based on the pure-tone audiogram only. In a previous study, a group of hearing-impaired listeners completed a comprehensive test battery that was designed to tap into different dimensions of hearing abilities. A data-driven analysis of the data yielded four clinically relevant patient sub-populations or “auditory profiles”. The purpose of the current study was to propose and pilot-test profile-based hearing-aid settings in order to explore their potential for providing more targeted hearing-aid treatment. <i>Methods</i>—Four candidate hearing-aid settings were developed and evaluated by a subset of the participants tested previously. The evaluation consisted of multi-comparison preference ratings that were carried out in realistic sound scenarios. <i>Results</i>—Listeners belonging to the different auditory profiles showed different patterns of preference for the tested hearing-aid settings that were largely consistent with the expectations. <i>Conclusions</i>—The results of this pilot evaluation support further investigations into stratified, profile-based hearing-aid fitting with wearable hearing aids.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/11/1/2audiologyhearing-aid fittinghearing-aid settingshearing loss compensation |
| spellingShingle | Raul Sanchez-Lopez Michal Fereczkowski Sébastien Santurette Torsten Dau Tobias Neher Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation Audiology Research audiology hearing-aid fitting hearing-aid settings hearing loss compensation |
| title | Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation |
| title_full | Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation |
| title_short | Towards Auditory Profile-Based Hearing-Aid Fitting: Fitting Rationale and Pilot Evaluation |
| title_sort | towards auditory profile based hearing aid fitting fitting rationale and pilot evaluation |
| topic | audiology hearing-aid fitting hearing-aid settings hearing loss compensation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/11/1/2 |
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