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Trial reportInternational journal of audiology2018

The use of self-report measures to examine changes in perception in response to fittings using different signal processing parameters.

Melinda Anderson, Varsha Rallapalli, Tim Schoof, Pamela Souza, Kathryn Arehart

Open access · greenAbstract readComparative StudyMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of audiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Melinda Andersona Department of Otolaryngology , University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , CO , USA.
Varsha Rallapallib Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders , Northwestern University , Evanston , IL , USA.
Tim Schoofc Department of Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences , University College London , London , UK.
Pamela Souzad Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Knowles Hearing Center , Northwestern University , Evanston , IL , USA.
Kathryn Areharte Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences , University of Colorado at Boulder , Boulder , CO , USA.
Knowles (United States) · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Colorado Boulder · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
Characterizing Variability in Hearing Aid Outcomes Among Older AdultsR01DC012289 · NIDCD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SOUZA, PAMELA E. · 2012 to 2021
$3.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinicians have long used self-report methods to assess hearing aid benefit. However, there are fewer data as to whether self-report instruments can be used to compare differences between signal processing settings. This study examined how self-perceived performance varied as a function of modifications in signal processing using two self-report measures. Data were collected as part of a double-blind randomised crossover clinical trial. Participants were fit with two fittings: mild processing (slow time constants, disabled frequency lowering) and strong processing (fast time constants, frequency lowering enabled). The speech, spatial, and qualities of hearing (SSQ) questionnaire and the Effectiveness of Auditory Rehabilitation (EAR) questionnaire were collected at multiple time points. Older adults with sensorineural hearing loss who had not used hearing aids within the previous year participated (49 older adults were consented; 40 were included in the final data analyses). Findings show that listeners report a difference in perceived performance when hearing aid features are modified. Both self-report measures were able to capture this change in perceived performance. Self-report measures provide a tool for capturing changes in perceived performance when hearing aid processing features are modified and may enhance provision of an evidence-based hearing aid fitting.

Indexed as

Auditory PerceptionHearing AidsPatient SatisfactionSelf ReportSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAcoustic StimulationAgedAged, 80 and overAuditory ThresholdChicagoColoradoCorrection of Hearing ImpairmentCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodEquipment DesignFemaleclinical trialhearing aidHearing aid satisfactionsignal perception

Identifiers

PMID30052097
PMCPMC6364848
OpenAlexW2884564157

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