Open fitting: performance verification of receiver in the ear and receiver in the aid

Mondelli, Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia; Garcia, Tatiana Manfrini; Hashimoto, Fabiana Midori Tokuhara; Rocha, Andressa Vital

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2014.08.013

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“…With the advent of over the counter hearing aids, and the aim to better serve patients needing amplification devices, it becomes necessary to fit those devices to their needs 18 , 34 – 40 . This study validates the Gaussian Process classification as a robust procedure for assessing hearing with a hearing aid for in-situ fitting.…”

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In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification

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Roberts,

Biggus

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One in six Americans suffers from hearing loss. While treatment with amplification is possible for many, the acceptance rate of hearing aids is low. Poor device fitting is one of the reasons. The hearing aid fitting starts with a detailed hearing assessment by a trained audiologist in a sound-controlled environment, using standard equipment. The hearing aid is adjusted step-by-step, following well-described procedures based on the audiogram. However, for many patients in rural settings, considerable travel time to a hearing center discourages them from receiving a hearing test and treatment. We hypothesize that hearing assessment with the patient’s hearing aid can reliably substitute the hearing test in the clinic. Over-the-counter hearing aids could be programmed from a distance and fine-tuned by the hearing aid wearer. This study shows that a patient-controlled hearing assessment via a hearing aid in a non-clinical setting is not statistically different from an audiologist-controlled hearing assessment in a clinical setting. The differences in hearing obtained with our device and the Gaussian Process are within 3 dB of the standard audiogram. At 250 Hz, the sound delivery with the hearing aid used in this study added an additional reduction of sound level, which was not compensated.

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In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification

Boven,

Roberts,

Biggus

et al. 2023

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In-situ Hearing Threshold Estimation using Gaussian Process Classification

Boven¹,

Roberts²,

Biggus³

et al. 2023

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One in six Americans suffers from hearing loss. While treatment with amplification is possible for many, the acceptance rate of hearing aids is low. Poor device fitting is one of the reasons. The hearing aid fitting starts with a detailed hearing assessment by a trained audiologist in a sound-controlled environment, using standard equipment. The hearing aid is adjusted step-by-step, following well-described procedures based on the audiogram. However, for many patients in rural settings, considerable travel time to a hearing center discourages them from receiving a hearing test and treatment. We hypothesize that hearing assessment with the patient’s hearing aid can reliably substitute the hearing test in the clinic. Over-the-counter hearing aids could be programmed from a distance and can be fine-tuned by the hearing aid wearer. This study shows that a patient-controlled hearing assessment via a hearing aid in a non-clinical setting is not statistically different from an audiologist-controlled hearing assessment in a clinical setting. The differences in hearing obtained with our device and the Gaussian Process are within 3 dB of the standard audiogram. At 250 Hz, the sound delivery with the hearing aid used in this study added an additional reduction of sound level, which was not compensated.

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Open fitting: performance verification of receiver in the ear and receiver in the aid

Abstract: Groups 1 and 2 were satisfied with the use of hearing aids and improved speech recognition in silent and noisy situations with hearing aids.

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In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification

In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification

In-situ Hearing Threshold Estimation using Gaussian Process Classification

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