In speech audiometric testing, hearing performance is typically measured by calculating the number of correct repetitions of a speech stimulus. We investigate to what extent the repetition accuracy of Dutch speech stimuli presented against a background noise is influenced by nonauditory processes. We show that variation in verbal repetition accuracy is partially explained by morpholexical and s...

A cross sectional survey of 581 TA personnel from Wales, the Midlands and Scotland was performed. The aim was to determine their hearing levels, to attempt to relate any degree of noise induced hearing loss detected with military, occupational and leisure noise and to make recommendations to improve the existing Army Hearing Conservation Programme. Each subject answered a questionnaire, had a c...

The aim of this study was to assess the relative importance of cochlear mechanical dysfunction, temporal processing deficits, and age on the ability of hearing-impaired listeners to understand speech in noisy backgrounds. Sixty-eight listeners took part in the study. They were provided with linear, frequency-specific amplification to compensate for their audiometric losses, and intelligibility ...

Comprehensive audiometric testing serves as the cornerstone of adult hearing aid fittings for many clinicians. The data will serve to define the degree, configuration, and site of lesion of the hearing loss. The data will be used in prescriptive formula to preset the hearing aid and may be entered into probe microphone or hearing aid test box equipment to provide verification targets. Clinician...

Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is marked by audiometric hearing deficits that propagate along the auditory pathway. Neurochemical changes as a function of aging have also been identified in neurons along the auditory pathway in both rodents and carnivores, however, very little is known about how these neurochemicals change in the non-human primate. To examine how these compensatory neurochemic...

Background and objectives: Type I tympanoplasty is a common otologic surgery which aims to repair the eardrum integrity. Different views have been reported concerning this procedure in young ages and the best moment to perform surgery remains controversial. Surgery in early adolescence appears to achieve the same outcomes than adulthood and without disadvantages of childhood. Characteristics of...