Chosen Listening Levels for Music With and Without the Use of Hearing Aids
| Autor: | Kathryn H. Arehart, Anne M. Swanberg, Naomi B. H. Croghan, Melinda C. Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Hearing aid
Adult Male Loudness Perception medicine.medical_specialty Hearing loss medicine.medical_treatment Hearing Loss Sensorineural Audiology 01 natural sciences Choice Behavior 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Hearing Aids 0103 physical sciences medicine Humans Active listening Ear canal 030223 otorhinolaryngology 010301 acoustics Aged Aged 80 and over Limiting Middle Aged medicine.anatomical_structure Case-Control Studies Rock music Female medicine.symptom Psychology Music |
| Zdroj: | American journal of audiology. 25(3) |
| ISSN: | 1558-9137 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe objective of this study was to describe chosen listening levels (CLLs) for recorded music for listeners with hearing loss in aided and unaided conditions.MethodThe study used a within-subject, repeated-measures design with 13 adult hearing-aid users. The music included rock and classical samples with different amounts of audio-industry compression limiting. CLL measurements were taken at ear level (i.e., at input to the hearing aid) and at the tympanic membrane.ResultsFor aided listening, average CLLs were 69.3 dBA at the input to the hearing aid and 80.3 dBA at the tympanic membrane. For unaided listening, average CLLs were 76.9 dBA at the entrance to the ear canal and 77.1 dBA at the tympanic membrane. Although wide intersubject variability was observed, CLLs were not associated with audiometric thresholds. CLLs for rock music were higher than for classical music at the tympanic membrane, but no differences were observed between genres for ear-level CLLs. The amount of audio-industry compression had no significant effect on CLLs.ConclusionBy describing the levels of recorded music chosen by hearing-aid users, this study provides a basis for ecologically valid testing conditions in clinical and laboratory settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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