The Effects of Different Frequency Lowering Technologies’ Performances on Speech in Noise Test
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Tarih
2022
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Yayıncı
Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor ORL Gelaat en Halschirugie
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Objective: Hearing instrument manufacturers have developed 3 different frequency lowering technologies, especially to compensate for the perceptual effects of high-frequency hearing loss. We aimed to compare the effects of 3 different frequency lowering methods. Methods: We assigned 132 participants who had bilateral, symmetrical, high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss into groups with hearing aids having frequency compression, frequency transposition, and frequency composition strategies. By hearing measurements, participants’ hearing thresholds and speech discrimination/speech in noise scores with and without different frequency lowering technologies were obtained. Results: Hearing aids incorporated with frequency compression, frequency transposition, and frequency composition had significant speech discrimination benefits with similar outcomes (P < .05). Conclusion: Three different frequency lowering technologies had similar outcomes regarding speech discrimination and speech in noise improvements. It is better to use frequency lowering technologies to better speech discrimination/speech in noise scores in adults. © 2022 B-ENT. All rights reserved.
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Auditory perception, frequency lowering, hearing aids, speech discrimination, speech in noise
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B-ENT
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Q3
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18
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4
