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ArticleScientific reports2023

In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification.

Christopher Boven, Reagan Roberts, Jeff Biggus, Malini Patel, Akihiro J Matsuoka, Claus-Peter Richter

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher BovenSoundwave Hearing, LLC, 619 Enterprise Drive #205, Oakbrook, IL, 60523, USA.
Reagan RobertsSoundwave Hearing, LLC, 619 Enterprise Drive #205, Oakbrook, IL, 60523, USA.
Jeff BiggusSoundwave Hearing, LLC, 619 Enterprise Drive #205, Oakbrook, IL, 60523, USA.
Malini PatelNorthwestern Medical Group, 675 N. St. Clair, Suite 15-200, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Akihiro J MatsuokaNorthwestern Medical Group, 675 N. St. Clair, Suite 15-200, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Claus-Peter RichterDepartment of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, 320 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. cri529@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern Medicine · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One in six Americans suffers from hearing loss. While treatment with amplification is possible for many, the acceptance rate of hearing aids is low. Poor device fitting is one of the reasons. The hearing aid fitting starts with a detailed hearing assessment by a trained audiologist in a sound-controlled environment, using standard equipment. The hearing aid is adjusted step-by-step, following well-described procedures based on the audiogram. However, for many patients in rural settings, considerable travel time to a hearing center discourages them from receiving a hearing test and treatment. We hypothesize that hearing assessment with the patient's hearing aid can reliably substitute the hearing test in the clinic. Over-the-counter hearing aids could be programmed from a distance and fine-tuned by the hearing aid wearer. This study shows that a patient-controlled hearing assessment via a hearing aid in a non-clinical setting is not statistically different from an audiologist-controlled hearing assessment in a clinical setting. The differences in hearing obtained with our device and the Gaussian Process are within 3 dB of the standard audiogram. At 250 Hz, the sound delivery with the hearing aid used in this study added an additional reduction of sound level, which was not compensated.

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DeafnessHearing AidsHearingHearing TestsHumansSound

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PMID37673944
PMCPMC10482858
OpenAlexW4386492538

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