Potential Consequences of Spectral and Binaural Loudness Summation for Bilateral Hearing Aid Fitting

Aversiveness of loud sounds is a frequent complaint by hearing aid users, especially when fitted bilaterally. This study investigates whether loudness summation can be held responsible for this finding. Two aspects of loudness summation should be taken into account: spectral loudness summation for b...

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Main Authors: Maarten van Beurden, Monique Boymans, Mirjam van Geleuken, Dirk Oetting, Birger Kollmeier, Wouter A. Dreschler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-10-01
Series:Trends in Hearing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518805690