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The effect of adaptive nonlinear frequency compression on phoneme perception
American Journal of Audiology
  • Danielle Glista, The University of Western Ontario
  • Marianne Hawkins, The University of Western Ontario
  • Andrea Bohnert, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
  • Julia Rehmann, Phonak AG
  • Jace Wolfe, Hearts for Hearing
  • Susan Scollie, The University of Western Ontario
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2017
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1044/2017_AJA-17-0023
Abstract

© 2017 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Purpose: This study implemented a fitting method, developed for use with frequency lowering hearing aids, across multiple testing sites, participants, and hearing aid conditions to evaluate speech perception with a novel type of frequency lowering. Method: A total of 8 participants, including children and young adults, participated in real-world hearing aid trials. A blinded crossover design, including posttrial withdrawal testing, was used to assess aided phoneme perception. The hearing aid conditions included adaptive nonlinear frequency compression (NFC), static NFC, and conventional processing. Results: Enabling either adaptive NFC or static NFC improved group-level detection and recognition results for some high-frequency phonemes, when compared with conventional processing. Mean results for the distinction component of the Phoneme Perception Test (Schmitt, Winkler, Boretzki, & Holube, 2016) were similar to those obtained with conventional processing. Conclusions: Findings suggest that both types of NFC tested in this study provided a similar amount of speech perception benefit, when compared with group-level performance with conventional hearing aid technology. Individual-level results are presented with discussion around patterns of results that differ from the group average.

Citation Information
Danielle Glista, Marianne Hawkins, Andrea Bohnert, Julia Rehmann, et al.. "The effect of adaptive nonlinear frequency compression on phoneme perception" American Journal of Audiology Vol. 26 Iss. 4 (2017) p. 531 - 542
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