Development of a test environment to evaluate performance of modern hearing aid features [corrected] [published erratum appears in J AM ACAD AUDIOL 2005 Feb;16(2):123].

This article describes a new test environment and materials with the potential to measure performance differences among different hearing aid signal processing methods and features. Normative data suggest a linearly predictable increase in difficulty on a speech-in-noise task as the masker changes f...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Academy of Audiology Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 27 - 42
Autores principales: Nilsson M, Ghent RM, Bray V, Harris R
Formato: research tables/charts tracings Journal Article
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishing Inc. Jan2005
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          Environment
          Hearing Aids Evaluation
          Speech Perception
          Acoustics
          Analysis of Variance
          Audiometry Equipment and Supplies
          Audiorecording
          Correlation Coefficient
          Evaluation Research
          Multivariate Analysis of Variance
          Noise
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Signal Processing, Computer Assisted
          Sound
          Speech Discrimination Tests
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      ab: This article describes a new test environment and materials with the potential to measure performance differences among different hearing aid signal processing methods and features. Normative data suggest a linearly predictable increase in difficulty on a speech-in-noise task as the masker changes from random noise to multiple-talker speech, and the number of talkers increases. Data collected with normal listeners revealed no differences across four test sites for the single loudspeaker (Noise-Front) results and some differences across test sites for the multiple loudspeaker results. Room dimension differences among audiometric test enclosures and diffusion (or lack thereof) of the maskers in the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the sound fields appear to account for performance differences for the multiloudspeaker arrays, confirming the need to limit maskers to aperiodic signals in rooms with controlled ceiling height or to establish norms for each test environment such that results obtained in different enclosures can be compared.
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