Open AccessUnderstanding Variability in Individual Response to Hearing Aid Signal Processing in Wearable Hearing Aids
Author(s) -
Pamela E. Souza,
Kathryn H. Arehart,
Tim Schoof,
Melinda C. Anderson,
Dorina Strori,
Lauren C. Balmert
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000717
Subject(s) - hearing aid , audiology , wearable computer , hearing loss , signal processing , speech recognition , computer science , psychology , medicine , telecommunications , radar , embedded system
Previous work has suggested that individual characteristics, including amount of hearing loss, age, and working memory ability, may affect response to hearing aid signal processing. The present study aims to extend work using metrics to quantify cumulative signal modifications under simulated conditions to real hearing aids worn in everyday listening environments. Specifically, the goal was to determine whether individual factors such as working memory, age, and degree of hearing loss play a role in explaining how listeners respond to signal modifications caused by signal processing in real hearing aids, worn in the listener's everyday environment, over a period of time.