Abstract
The current study used the self-fitting algorithm to allow listeners to self-adjust hearing-aid gain or compression parameters to select gain for speech understanding in a variety of quiet and noise conditions. Thirty listeners with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss adjusted gain parameters in quiet and in several types of noise. Outcomes from self-adjusted gain and audiologist-fit gain indicated consistent within-subject performance but a great deal of between-subject variability. Gain selection did not strongly affect intelligibility within the range of signal-to-noise ratios tested. Implications from the findings are that individual listeners have consistent preferences for gain and may prefer gain configurations that differ greatly from National Acoustic Laboratories-based prescriptions in quiet and in noise.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Trends in Hearing |
Volume | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2018.
Keywords
- hearing aids
- hearing-aid outcomes
- self-fit