Investigation of hearing aid users'speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills
Mert Kiliç1
Eyyup Kara2
1.Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa,Institute of Graduate Studies,Department of Audiology,Istanbul,Turkey2.Istanbul University-Cerrahpaİa,Faculty of Health Sciences,Department of Audiology,Istanbul,Turkey
摘要：Purpose:Our study aims to compare speech understanding in noise and spectral-temporal resolution skills with regard to the degree of hearing loss,age,hearing aid use experience and gender of hearing aid users.
Methods:Our study included sixty-eight hearing aid users aged between 40-70 years,with bilateral mild and moderate symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss.Random gap detection test,Turkish matrix test and spectral-temporally modulated ripple test were implemented on the participants with bilateral hearing aids.The test results acquired were compared statistically according to different variables and the correlations were examined.
Results:No statistically significant differences were observed for speech-in-noise recognition,spectral-temporal resolution among older and younger adults in hearing aid users(p＞0.05).There wasn't found a statistically significant difference among test outcomes as regards different hearing loss degrees(p＞0.05).Higher performances were obtained in terms of temporal resolution in male participants and participants with more hearing aid use experience(p＜0.05).Significant correlations were obtained between the results of speech-in-noise recognition,temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests performed with hearing aids(p＜0.05).
Conclusion:Our study findings emphasized the importance of regular hearing aid use and it showed that some auditory skills can be improved with hearing aids.Observation of correlations among the speech-in-noise recognition,temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests have revealed that these skills should be evaluated as a whole to maximize the patient's communication abilities.
机标关键词：speechnoisehearinginvestigationresolutionskillsspectraltemporal
论文发表日期：2023-09-30
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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