Creating clarity in noisy environments by using deep learning in hearing aids

AH Andersen, S Santurette, MS Pedersen… - Seminars in …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Hearing aids continue to acquire increasingly sophisticated sound-processing features
beyond basic amplification. On the one hand, these have the potential to add user benefit …

[HTML][HTML] Listening-based communication ability in adults with hearing loss: A scoping review of existing measures

K Neal, CM McMahon, SE Hughes… - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Hearing loss in adults has a pervasive impact on health and well-being. Its
effects on everyday listening and communication can directly influence participation across …

The quest for ecological validity in hearing science: What it is, why it matters, and how to advance it

G Keidser, G Naylor, DS Brungart, A Caduff… - Ear and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Ecological validity is a relatively new concept in hearing science. It has been cited as
relevant with increasing frequency in publications over the past 20 years, but without any …

Improving EEG-based decoding of the locus of auditory attention through domain adaptation

J Wilroth, B Bernhardsson, F Heskebeck… - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. This paper presents a novel domain adaptation (DA) framework to enhance the
accuracy of electroencephalography (EEG)-based auditory attention classification …

Predictors for estimating subcortical EEG responses to continuous speech

JP Kulasingham, FL Bachmann, K Eskelund, M Enqvist… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Perception of sounds and speech involves structures in the auditory brainstem that rapidly
process ongoing auditory stimuli. The role of these structures in speech processing can be …

Effects of hearing aid noise reduction on early and late cortical representations of competing talkers in noise

E Alickovic, EHN Ng, L Fiedler, S Santurette… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives Previous research using non-invasive (magnetoencephalography, MEG) and
invasive (electrocorticography, ECoG) neural recordings has demonstrated the progressive …

[HTML][HTML] Auditory measures for the next billion users

M Slaney, RF Lyon, R Garcia, B Kemler, C Gnegy… - Ear and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
A range of new technologies have the potential to help people, whether traditionally
considered hearing impaired or not. These technologies include more sophisticated …

[HTML][HTML] The Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT) test: A clinical spectro-temporal modulation detection test

J Zaar, LB Simonsen, R Sanchez-Lopez, S Laugesen - Hearing Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, multiple studies have shown that hearing-impaired listeners' speech-in-
noise reception ability, measured with audibility compensation, is closely associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Selecting scenarios for hearing-related laboratory testing

K Smeds, S Gotowiec, F Wolters, P Herrlin… - Ear and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
For hearing aid users to experience everyday benefit from their hearing aids, research,
development, and fitting of hearing aids must be performed using evaluation methods that …

Extending subcortical eeg responses to continuous speech to the sound-field

FL Bachmann, JP Kulasingham… - Trends in …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The auditory brainstem response (ABR) is a valuable clinical tool for objective hearing
assessment, which is conventionally detected by averaging neural responses to thousands …