ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020
Remote Microphone Hearing Aid Use Improves Classroom Listening, Without Adverse Effects on Spatial Listening and Attention Skills, in Children With Auditory Processing Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
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- Hearing rehabilitation of adults with auditory processing disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of current evidence-based interventions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Longitudinal Listening Difficulties in Children Initially Presenting with Speech Sound Disorder: Two Case Reports.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Benefits of classroom remote microphone technology for inattentive children.NPJ science of learning · 2026Article
- Retrocochlear Auditory Dysfunctions (RADs) and Their Treatment: A Narrative Review.Audiology research · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of Noise Cancelling Earbuds in Reducing Hearing and Auditory Attention Deficits in Children with Autism.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Interventions for School-Aged Children with Auditory Processing Disorder: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Remediation of Perceptual Deficits in Progressive Auditory Neuropathy: A Case Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) often have poor auditory processing skills in the presence of normal peripheral hearing. These children have worse listening-in-noise skills compared to typically developing peers, while other commonly reported symptoms include poor attention and distractibility. One of the management strategies for children with APD is the use of Remote Microphone Hearing Aids (RMHAs), which can help improve the signal-to-noise ratio in the child's ears. The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to examine whether RMHAs improved classroom listening in children with APD, and to further test their effects on children's listening-in-noise and attention skills following a 6-month intervention.
methodsTwenty-six children diagnosed with APD, aged 7-12, in primary mainstream education, were randomised into the intervention (
resultsThe questionnaire scores of self-reported listening skills in the classroom significantly improved in the intervention group after 3,
conclusionUse of RMHAs improves classroom listening, evidenced by the results of the questionnaire analysis, while a 6-month use did not have adverse effects on unaided spatial listening or attention skills.
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