Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills
Purpose: Our study aims to compare speech understanding in noise and spectral- temporal resolution skills with regard to the degree of hearing loss, age, hearing aid use experience and gender of hearing aid users. Methods: Our study included sixty-eight hearing aid users aged between 40-70 years, wi...
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| description | Purpose: Our study aims to compare speech understanding in noise and spectral- temporal resolution skills with regard to the degree of hearing loss, age, hearing aid use experience and gender of hearing aid users. Methods: Our study included sixty-eight hearing aid users aged between 40-70 years, with bilateral mild and moderate symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss. Random gap detection test, Turkish matrix test and spectral-temporally modulated ripple test were implemented on the participants with bilateral hearing aids. The test results acquired were compared statistically according to different variables and the correlations were examined. Results: No statistically significant differences were observed for speech-in-noise recognition, spectral-temporal resolution among older and younger adults in hearing aid users (p>0.05). There wasn’t found a statistically significant difference among test outcomes as regards different hearing loss degrees (p>0.05). Higher performances were obtained in terms of temporal resolution in male participants and participants with more hearing aid use experience (p<0.05). Significant correlations were obtained between the results of speech-in-noise recognition, temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests performed with hearing aids (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our study findings emphasized the importance of regular hearing aid use and it showed that some auditory skills can be improved with hearing aids. Observation of correlations among the speech-in-noise recognition, temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests have revealed that these skills should be evaluated as a whole to maximize the patient's communication abilities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89140900ece74bb6be294b25dbd9a3902023-07-15T04:28:22ZengElsevierJournal of Otology1672-29302023-07-01183146151Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skillsMert Kılıç0Eyyup Kara1Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Institute of Graduate Studies, Department of Audiology, Istanbul, Turkey; Corresponding author. Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Campus, Kocamustafapaşa Street, Number: 53, Cerrahpaşa, 34098, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Audiology, Istanbul, TurkeyPurpose: Our study aims to compare speech understanding in noise and spectral- temporal resolution skills with regard to the degree of hearing loss, age, hearing aid use experience and gender of hearing aid users. Methods: Our study included sixty-eight hearing aid users aged between 40-70 years, with bilateral mild and moderate symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss. Random gap detection test, Turkish matrix test and spectral-temporally modulated ripple test were implemented on the participants with bilateral hearing aids. The test results acquired were compared statistically according to different variables and the correlations were examined. Results: No statistically significant differences were observed for speech-in-noise recognition, spectral-temporal resolution among older and younger adults in hearing aid users (p>0.05). There wasn’t found a statistically significant difference among test outcomes as regards different hearing loss degrees (p>0.05). Higher performances were obtained in terms of temporal resolution in male participants and participants with more hearing aid use experience (p<0.05). Significant correlations were obtained between the results of speech-in-noise recognition, temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests performed with hearing aids (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our study findings emphasized the importance of regular hearing aid use and it showed that some auditory skills can be improved with hearing aids. Observation of correlations among the speech-in-noise recognition, temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests have revealed that these skills should be evaluated as a whole to maximize the patient's communication abilities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1672293023000272Hearing aidsSpeech in noiseSpectral resolutionSpeech intelligibilityTemporal resolution |
| spellingShingle | Mert Kılıç Eyyup Kara Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills Journal of Otology Hearing aids Speech in noise Spectral resolution Speech intelligibility Temporal resolution |
| title | Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills |
| title_full | Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills |
| title_short | Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills |
| title_sort | investigation of hearing aid users speech understanding in noise and their spectral temporal resolution skills |
| topic | Hearing aids Speech in noise Spectral resolution Speech intelligibility Temporal resolution |
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