Fitting hearing aids to adults using prescriptive methods: an evidence-based review of effectivenessH Gustav Mueller
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Graduate Studies and Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 8242, USA
J Am Acad Audiol 16:448-60. 2005
..The level of evidence was moderate, as the supporting studies were either Level 2 or Level 4, and the statistical power of the studies was low...
- Fitting hearing aids using clinical measures of loudness discomfort levels: an evidence-based review of effectiveness
H Gustav Mueller
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Graduate Studies and Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 8242, USA
J Am Acad Audiol 16:461-72. 2005
..Additional research in this area, especially research employing randomized controlled trials would be a useful addition to this body of literature...
- The effects of digital noise reduction on the acceptance of background noise
H Gustav Mueller
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 8242, USA
Trends Amplif 10:83-93. 2006
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- Using trainable hearing aids to examine real-world preferred gain
H Gustav Mueller
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
J Am Acad Audiol 19:758-73. 2008
..Moreover, only limited data have been collected regarding preferred gain for individuals using trainable hearing aids...
Clinical evaluation of a new hearing aid anti-cardioid directivity patternH Gustav Mueller
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Int J Audiol 50:249-54. 2011
..The purpose of this research was to evaluate a new directional hearing aid algorithm which automatically adapts to an anti-cardioid pattern in background noise when a speech signal originates from behind the hearing aid user...
- User preference and reliability of bilateral hearing aid gain adjustments
Benjamin W Y Hornsby
Department of Hearing and Speech Science, Dan Maddox Hearing Aid Research Laboratory, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center, Room 8310 Medical Center East, South Tower, 1215 21st Ave, South, Nashville, TN 37232 8242, USA
J Am Acad Audiol 19:158-70. 2008
..Speech testing results, however, showed no significant difference across the different gain settings suggesting that the gain deviations introduced in this study were not large enough to significantly affect speech understanding...
- Evaluation of a second-order directional microphone hearing aid: I. Speech perception outcomes
Ruth Bentler
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Am Acad Audiol 17:179-89. 2006
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- Evaluation of a second-order directional microphone hearing aid: II. Self-report outcomes
Catherine Palmer
Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
J Am Acad Audiol 17:190-201. 2006
..Overall preference for a microphone condition was equally distributed between no preference, omnidirectional, and automatic adaptive and/or fixed directional...
- Amplification with digital noise reduction and the perception of annoying and aversive sounds
Catherine V Palmer
Department of Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Trends Amplif 10:95-104. 2006
..The results of this investigation suggest the need for counseling patients about realistic expectations related to annoyance and aversiveness of sounds at the time of hearing aid fitting...
