Loudness is a fundamental dimension of auditory perception. When hearing impairment
results in a loudness deficit, hearing aids are typically prescribed to compensate for this …

An adaptive procedure for controlling the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) when rating the
subjectively perceived listening effort (Adaptive Categorical Listening Effort Scaling) is …

Objectives: Recent animal studies suggest that noise-induced synaptopathy may underlie a
phenomenon that has been labeled hidden hearing loss (HHL). Noise exposure …

Purpose Subjective ratings of listening effort might be applicable to estimate hearing
difficulties at positive signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) at which speech intelligibility scores are …

Hearing aids (HA) are the most common type of rehabilitation treatment for age-related
hearing loss. However, HA users often obtain limited benefit from their devices, particularly …

People with sensorineural hearing loss generally suffer from a reduced ability to understand
speech in complex acoustic listening situations, particularly when background noise is …

Sensorineural hearing loss typically results in a steepened loudness function and a reduced
dynamic range from elevated thresholds to uncomfortably loud levels for narrowband and …

Objectives: Normalizing perceived loudness is an important rationale for gain adjustments in
hearing aids. It has been demonstrated that gains required for restoring normal loudness …

The Better hEAring Rehabilitation (BEAR) project aims to provide a new clinical profiling tool—
a test battery—for hearing loss characterization. Although the loss of sensitivity can be …

Objectives: Many hearing aid (HA) users receive limited benefit from amplification,
especially when trying to understand speech in noise, and they often report hearing-related …