A Broader Look at Performance and Personalization in Hearing Aid Fittings.

Autor:	NEEL WEILE, JULIE, SANTIAGO, LIA, NEWMAN, CRAIG W., SANDRIDGE, SHARON A.
Předmět:	ANALYSIS of variance COMMERCIAL product evaluation DECISION making HEARING aids HEARING aid fitting HEARING levels PATIENTS SPEECH perception INTELLIGIBILITY of speech STATISTICS TRANSDUCERS PRODUCT design DATA analysis REPEATED measures design DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Zdroj:	Hearing Review; Sep2013, Vol. 20 Issue 10, p16-23, 4p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs
Abstrakt:	Hearing care professionals know that personalization- the selection of hearing aid response parameters for a particular individual and his or her listening needs-is critical for a successful fitting. But how are personalization and the user's preference and performance related? The following two-site clinical study examines personal profile settings in the new Oticon Alta hearing instrument. Results indicate Alta provides significantly better speech intelligibility than Oticon Agil, the previous- generation instrument. However, speech intelligibility performance does not predict the user's preferred personal profile and corresponding hearing aid parameters. Results also suggest that hearing aid users can play a crucial role in selecting their preferred hearing aid settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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