ArticleAmerican journal of audiology2017
A "Goldilocks" Approach to Hearing-Aid Self-Fitting: User Interactions.
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- Personalizing over-the-counter hearing aids using pairwise comparisons.Smart health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Feasibility of hearing aid gain self-adjustment using speech recognition.The journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea · 2022Article
- OPRA-RS: A Hearing-Aid Fitting Method Based on Automatic Speech Recognition and Random Search.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Collaboration between Hearing Aid Users and Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Sound.Seminars in hearing · 2021Review
- Toward a New Evidence-Based Fitting Paradigm for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids.American journal of audiology · 2021Article
- Open Speech Platform: Democratizing Hearing Aid Research.International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare : [proceedings]. International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare · 2020Article
- A Wearable, Extensible, Open-Source Platform for Hearing Healthcare Research.IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2019Article
- A Wearable Platform for Research in Augmented Hearing.Conference record. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems & Computers · 2018Article
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- Self-Adjusted Amplification Parameters Produce Large Between-Subject Variability and Preserve Speech Intelligibility.Trends in hearingArticle
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- Perceptual Effects of Adjusting Hearing-Aid Gain by Means of a Machine-Learning Approach Based on Individual User Preference.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the current study was to evaluate user reactions to custom software designed for self-adjustment of amplification.
method"Goldilocks" software was developed to allow user exploration and selection of preferred levels of overall output, low-frequency cut, and high-frequency boost while listening to preprocessed speech. Thirteen hearing-aid users and 13 nonusers self-adjusted before and after taking a speech perception test incorporated into the software.
resultsAll 26 participants were able to complete the 2 adjustments and the intervening test in an average of 6.5 min-20 of them from on-screen instructions without experimenter help. Relative to a generic starting condition, the average participant opted to increase overall output, reduce low-frequency cut, and increase high-frequency boost. The first and second self-selected values were highly correlated, but there was evidence of further increases of overall volume and high-frequency boost after speech perception testing with the initial adjustment. There was no evidence that prior hearing-aid experience affected the ability to understand or complete the self-fitting process.
conclusionsThis approach to hearing-aid self-fitting can be a speedy, reliable, and feasible alternative to, or supplement to, conventional fitting procedures, but many questions remain to be answered.
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