2025 February - 17 articles
Objectives: To investigate the gain provided by self-fitting over-the-counter (SF-OTC) hearing aids compared to clinical NAL-NL2 targets, the differences between various FDA-approved SF-OTC devices, and potential changes in gain over time. Methods: T...
Background/Objectives: Early pediatric cochlear implantation positively impacts early language outcomes. The Teenager and Young Adults Cochlear Implant (TAYACI) study investigates the long-term outcomes of early implantation and factors influencing v...
Background/Objectives: Vestibular agnosia is characterized by a reduced or absent self-motion perception while demonstrating the presence of normal peripheral vestibular function following stimulation. This condition has previously been reported by p...
Background/Objectives: Voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology is becoming increasingly common. Recent work indicates that middle-aged to older adults are less able to identify modern AI speech compared to younger adults, but the underlying cau...
Background/Objectives: Advances in cochlear implant (CI) technology have led to the expansion of the implantation criteria. As a result, more CI candidates may have greater residual hearing in one or two ears. Many of these candidates will perform be...
Background/Objectives: Localization deficit is often said to be a symptom of Auditory Processing Disorder (APD). However, no clinically viable assessment of localization ability has been developed to date. The current study presents pilot data for a...
Objectives: This study aimed to adapt and validate the Parents’ Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) questionnaire for Greek-speaking children aged 1 to 6 years. Key objectives included assessing the PEACH questionnaire&rsqu...
Background/Objectives: Globally, many countries have endorsed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) early intervention (EI) guidelines through their legislation with contextual variations. Sensitive evaluation of gaps within EI-recommended syst...
Objectives: The objectives of the current study were to validate the LittlEARS® Early Speech Production Questionnaire (LEESPQ) in Romanian and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Romanian version of the questionnaire for Romanian child...
Objectives: The gold standard for electrocochleography (ECochG) is using dedicated recording devices for auditory evoked potentials. However, these have a very limited time window for recording. The aim of this study is to evaluate EEG amplifiers for...
Background: When speaking while wearing a face mask, sound transmission is attenuated, and visual cues are lost due to the covered facial movements of the speaker. In this study, we investigated the extent to which different face masks alter speech i...
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the subjective experiences of adults with different cochlear implant (CI) configurations—unilateral cochlear implant (UCI), bilateral cochlear implant (BCI), and bimodal stimulation (BM)—focusing o...
Background/Objectives: Adults with hearing loss demonstrate poorer overall health outcomes (e.g., physical health, cognitive functioning and wellbeing) and lower levels of physical activity/function compared to those without hearing loss. Hearing aid...
Background: Tinnitus is a frequent symptom, and is present in 10–15% of people who suffer from chronic tinnitus, defined as heard every day for at least 6 months. Among these, 1–2% develop a strong emotive reaction, anxiety, and depressio...
Peripheral hearing loss is associated with the cross-modal re-organization of the auditory cortex, which can occur in both pre- and post-lingual deaf cases. Background/Objectives: Whether to rely on the visual cues in cases with severe hearing loss w...
Objectives: The present study aims to identify potential predictive factors for developing sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in individuals with congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection. Methods: A retrospective study was performed on 50 subjects...
Background: Hearing loss in children can have a detrimental impact on their development, thus lowering the psychological well-being of parents. This study examined the amount of parental stress, learned helplessness, and perceived social support in m...
