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The influence of audibility on speech recognition with nonlinear frequency compression for children and adults with hearing loss.
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- SLPs' perceptions of language learning myths about children who are DHH.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2024Article
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- Quantifying Access to Speech in Children with Hearing Loss: The Influence of the Work of Pat Stelmachowicz on Measures of Audibility.Seminars in hearing · 2023Review
- Influence of aided audibility on speech recognition performance with frequency composition for children and adults.International journal of audiology · 2021Article
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- The Influence of Non-Linear Frequency Compression on the Perception of Speech and Music in Patients with High Frequency Hearing Loss.Journal of audiology & otology · 2021Article
- Effects of Adaptive Non-linear Frequency Compression in Hearing Aids on Mandarin Speech and Sound-Quality Perception.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- The Use of Frequency Lowering Technology in the Treatment of Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss: A Review of the Literature and Candidacy Considerations for Clinical Application.Seminars in hearing · 2018Review
- Listening Effort and Speech Recognition with Frequency Compression Amplification for Children and Adults with Hearing Loss.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2017Article
- Auditory perceptual efficacy of nonlinear frequency compression used in hearing aids: A review.Journal of otology · 2017Review
- Quality ratings of frequency-compressed speech by participants with extensive high-frequency dead regions in the cochlea.International journal of audiology · 2017Article
- Stability of Audiometric Thresholds for Children with Hearing Aids Applying the American Academy of Audiology Pediatric Amplification Guideline: Implications for Safety.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2016Article
- Harmonic Frequency Lowering: Effects on the Perception of Music Detail and Sound Quality.Trends in hearing · 2016Article
- Nonlinear frequency compression: Influence of start frequency and input bandwidth on consonant and vowel recognition.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe primary goal of nonlinear frequency compression (NFC) and other frequency-lowering strategies is to increase the audibility of high-frequency sounds that are not otherwise audible with conventional hearing aid (HA) processing due to the degree of hearing loss, limited HA bandwidth, or a combination of both factors. The aim of the present study was to compare estimates of speech audibility processed by NFC with improvements in speech recognition for a group of children and adults with high-frequency hearing loss.
designMonosyllabic word recognition was measured in noise for 24 adults and 12 children with mild to severe sensorineural hearing loss. Stimuli were amplified based on each listener's audiogram with conventional processing (CP) with amplitude compression or with NFC and presented under headphones using a software-based HA simulator. A modification of the speech intelligibility index (SII) was used to estimate audibility of information in frequency-lowered bands. The mean improvement in SII was compared with the mean improvement in speech recognition.
resultsAll but 2 listeners experienced improvements in speech recognition with NFC compared with CP, consistent with the small increase in audibility that was estimated using the modification of the SII. Children and adults had similar improvements in speech recognition with NFC.
conclusionWord recognition with NFC was higher than CP for children and adults with mild to severe hearing loss. The average improvement in speech recognition with NFC (7%) was consistent with the modified SII, which indicated that listeners experienced an increase in audibility with NFC compared with CP. Further studies are necessary to determine whether changes in audibility with NFC are related to speech recognition with NFC for listeners with greater degrees of hearing loss, with a greater variety of compression settings, and using auditory training.
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