Acceptable noise level as a deciding factor for prescribing hearing aids for older adults with cochlear hearing loss-A scoping review

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    摘要 Olderadultsoftenfinditdifficulttoperceivespeech,especiallyinnoisyconditions.Thoughhearingaidisoneoftherehabilitativedevicesavailabletoolderadultstoalleviatehearingloss,someofthemmayexperienceannoyancethroughhearingaidandhencerejectit.maybeduetocircuitrynoiseand/orbackgroundnoise.Acceptablenoiselevelisadirectbehaviouralmeasuretoestimatetheextentofhowmuchapersonisabletoputupwithnoisewhilesimultaneouslylisteningtospeech.Acceptablenoiselevelisacentralauditorymeasureanditisnotinfluencedbyage.gender,presentationlevelorspeaker.Usingthismeasure,wecanquantifytheannoyancelevelexperiencedbyanindividual.Thisinformationisofutmostimportanceandcautionshouldbepaidbeforesettingtheparametersinhearingaid,especiallyforthosewhoareunabletoacceptnoise.Inthisreviewarticle,anattempthasbeenmadetodocumenthowtooptimizethehearingaidprogrambysettingparameterssuchasnoisereductioncircuit,microphonesensitivityandgain.Theseadjustmentsofparametersmighthelptoreducerejectionrateofhearingaids,especiallyinthoseindividualswhoareannoyedbybackgroundnoise.
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    出版日期 2015年03月13日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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