The Challenge of Capturing Hearing Aid Benefit: Interindividual Differences in Response to Changes in Signal Processing.
Purpose: The benefits of digital signal-processing features, such as noise reduction (NR) and frequency compression (FC), differ among individuals. This study aimed to explore the impact of deactivating NR and FC on hearing aid (HA) benefit, acknowledging the complexity of interindividual variabilit...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Audiology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 78 - 95 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Mar2026
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