One consequence of sensorineural hearing loss is an altered loudness perception with a
typically steeper progression of loudness as a function of stimulus level (loudness
recruitment). Existing loudness models aim to explain altered loudness functions in hearing
impaired (HI) effectively by means of an attenuation and compression component. Here the
physiologically motivated loudness model of Pieper et al.[J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 139, 2896
(2016)] which simulates the nonlinear inner ear mechanics (transmission-line model, TLM) …

A loudness model with a central gain is suggested to improve individualized predictions of
loudness scaling data from normal hearing and hearing impaired listeners. The current
approach is based on the loudness model of Pieper et al.[(2016). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 139,
2896], which simulated the nonlinear inner ear mechanics as transmission-line model in a
physical and physiological plausible way. Individual hearing thresholds were simulated by a
cochlear gain reduction in the transmission-line model and linear attenuation (damage of …