Using EMA to Measure Subjective Listening Effort for Hearing Aid Users
This article focuses on methods, data, and results from an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) trial to measure subjective listening effort.
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Oticon Xceed and RemoteCare Named as Honorees in CES 2020 Innovation Awards
This is the fourth consecutive year that Oticon has been recognized by this international awards program. The two newest awards bring to 10 the number of times Oticon has received CES Innovation Awards, including three top-ranked Best of Innovation category wins.
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Development and Clinical Applications of the ORCA Repeat and Recall Test (RRT)
A broader appreciation for the unique difficulties faced by many of our patients relative to speech understanding in noise and working memory is critical to tailoring individualized interventions that help them realize the full potential of their residual hearing. At present, the Repeat and Recall Test (RRT) shows promise as an efficient, audiology-based integrative tool of speech-in-noise assessment that includes a more complete understanding of a listener’s experience in a loud speech background at various realistic SNRs.
Listening Effort, Speech Intelligibility, and Narrow Directionality
This article outlines results from an experiment at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) using a narrow-directionality (binaural beamformer) feature, and shows the advantage of this type of directional feature in situations where listening to a frontal target speech is a challenging task, and a closed fitting is acceptable.
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Clinical Studies Show Advanced Hearing Aid Technology Reduces Listening Effort
Effortful listening and cognitive load negatively impact simultaneous mental processes, leading to listening fatigue, and often to rejection of hearing aids. A study using EEG activity to assess listening suggests that Signia primax hearing aids reduce listening effort.
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Signia Unveils Primax Hearing Aids
Signia, the new hearing aid brand from Sivantos, has unveiled primax, described as the company’s most advanced hearing aid platform to date, and the first technology clinically proven by independent studies to reduce listening effort throughout the day while providing “better than normal” hearing in challenging listening environments.
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