Journal Reviews

Cochlear implants and speech perception

1 September 2019 | | Auditory Implants | Cochlear implant, channel discrimination, electrode array, place-pitch, speech perception

Cochlear implants can be an effective treatment for specific hearing losses. They may often be the only way to restore hearing for profoundly deaf people. Therefore, it is very important to understand all processes that may influence effective fitting of...

Speech perception in the ageing population

1 October 2018 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | hearing loss, inhibitory control, presbycusis, speech perception, speech-in-noise, syntactic complexity

Speech perception can present a challenge as we grow older. One of the factors responsible is, of course, hearing loss. Now research indicates that other non-auditory factors like cognitive decline may also contribute to difficulties in understanding speech. The authors...

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...

Frequency Compression – is there a benefit?

1 March 2015 | | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Audiology - Paediatric, Auditory Implants | Frequency compression, auditory acclimatization, cognition, sensorineural hearing loss, speech perception

The goal of this study was to investigate whether frequency compression (FC) hearing aids provide more benefit than conventional hearing aids. Twelve experienced hearing aid users 65-84 years of age with moderate to severe high frequency hearing loss wore the...