Joanna Lemanska

Senior Lecturer in Audiology

De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Latest Contribution

CBT for tinnitus and hyperacusis

1 September 2018 | | Tinnitus, audiology, cognitive behavioural therapy, hyperacusis

Finding an efficient treatment for tinnitus attracts the interest of researchers worldwide. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the widely researched methods used in tinnitus management. The aim of this study was to investigate what proportion of patients complete...

Maturation of BC attenuation

1 July 2018 | | Bone conduction, bone-anchored hearing systems, forehead attenuation, infant bone-conduction hearing, interaural attenuation, transcranial attenuation

The aim of this study was to clarify the reason for differences between bone-conduction hearing in adults and infants. The authors investigated how the sound pressure level in the ear canal changes depending on the bone-conduction transducer placement. By using...

Directional microphones and speech

1 May 2018 | | Hearing aids, cognition, hearing loss, listening effort, localisation, noise, rehabilitation, speech perception

This study aimed to research how speech recognition, listening effort and localisation depends on hearing aids’ microphone configuration in people with moderate to severe hearing losses. Eighteen participants with sensorineural, symmetrical, moderate to severe hearing loss were tested. Participants were...