Hearing impairment in older adulthood puts people at risk of communication difficulties,
disengagement from listening, and social withdrawal. Here, we develop a model of listening …

Cochlear implants (CIs) have been remarkably successful at restoring hearing in severely-to-
profoundly hearing-impaired individuals. However, users often struggle to deconstruct …

The pain-and stress-reducing effects of music are well-known, but the effects of visual art,
and the combination of these two, are much less investigated. We aim to (1) investigate the …

Hearing loss can be caused by a number of different pathological conditions. Some of them
can be successfully treated, mainly by surgery, depending on the individual's disease …

For hearing aids, it is critical to reduce the acoustic coupling between the receiver and
microphone to ensure that prescribed gains are below the maximum stable gain, thus …

Music is an important part of life for many people. It can evoke a wide range of emotions,
including sadness, happiness, anger, tension, relief and excitement. People with hearing …

Objective: Two studies explored hearing-aid user and audiologist experiences of hearing-
aid use and fitting for music in the UK. Design and sample: One-hundred-seventy-six …

Introduction Previous work on audio quality evaluation has demonstrated a developing
convergence of the key perceptual attributes underlying judgments of quality, such as …

Auditory scene analysis (ASA) is the process through which the auditory system makes
sense of complex acoustic environments by organising sound mixtures into meaningful …

Creative sound activities, such as music playing and audio engineering, are said to have
been democratized with the development of technology. Yet, the use of technology in …