Scene-Specific Self-Tuning of Hearing Aids Enhances Perceived Speech Quality.
Purpose: Individual older adults with hearing loss often have unique communication needs that vary across different listening conditions. The current study examined whether user-directed fine-tuning of hearing aid programs specifically for different sound scenes would improve perceived speech qualit...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Audiology Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 966 - 980 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Dec2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=190286338&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 190286338 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10590889 5KS jtl: American Journal of Audiology issn: 10590889 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2025 vid: 34 iid: 4 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 190286338 190286338 190286338 10.1044/2025_AJA-25-00077 190286338 ppf: 966 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Scene-Specific Self-Tuning of Hearing Aids Enhances Perceived Speech Quality. aug: au: Kurşun, Bertan Chessik, Brianna Cunio, Isabella Eileen Shen, Yi affil: Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle sug: subj: Hearing Disorders Therapy Hearing Aids Speech Perception Evaluation Speech Intelligibility Evaluation Hearing Aid Fitting Self Care Evaluation Hearing Aid Care Human Funding Source Male Female Middle Age Aged Self Report Audiometry, Pure-Tone Noise Sound Auditory Perception Double-Blind Studies Listening Effort Evaluation Patient Preference Evaluation Experimental Studies Friedman Test Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Post Hoc Analysis Clinical Assessment Tools Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: Individual older adults with hearing loss often have unique communication needs that vary across different listening conditions. The current study examined whether user-directed fine-tuning of hearing aid programs specifically for different sound scenes would improve perceived speech quality. Method: Thirty older adult participants were recruited based on self-reported hearing challenges or pure-tone audiometry indicating a hearing loss. Participants self-tuned the hearing aid frequency-gain characteristics while listening to continuous speech embedded in background noise, presented as simulated real-world sound scenes. The self-tuning procedure was conducted in two sound scenes, "Noisy Indoor" and "Noisy Outdoor," with an average speech level at 60 dB(A) and signal-to-noise ratios of +5 dB and +10 dB, respectively. Speech quality ratings were collected for each scene using an interface inspired by the Multiple Stimuli with Hidden Reference and Anchor method. In each sound scene, participants rated four programs: two self-tuned, one standard prescription based, and one poor-quality anchor. The order of presentation was randomized and blinded. Results: Results showed that participants rated their self-tuned programs tailored to specific scenes significantly higher compared to both the prescription-based program and their self-tuned program for the other scene. Conclusion: User-driven self-tuning procedures can be useful to capture scene-specific preferences for hearing aid settings and improve the perceived speech quality. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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