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1401514

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
At high presentation levels, normally aided ears yield better performance for speech identification than normally unaided ears, while at low presentation levels the converse is true [S. Gatehouse, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 86, 2103-2106 (1989)]. To explain this process further, the speech identification abilities of four subjects with bilateral symmetric sensorineural hearing impairment were investigated following provision of a single hearing aid. Results showed significant increases in the benefit from amplifying speech in the aided ear, but not in the control ear. In addition, a headphone simulation of the unaided condition for the fitted ear shows a decrease in speech identification. The benefits from providing a particular frequency spectrum do not emerge immediately, but over a time course of at least 6-12 weeks. The findings support the existence of perceptual acclimatization effects, and call into question short-term methods of hearing aid evaluation and selection by comparative speech identification tests.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0001-4966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1258-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-12-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The time course and magnitude of perceptual acclimatization to frequency responses: evidence from monaural fitting of hearing aids.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Institute of Hearing Research (Scottish Section), Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article