PMID: 16646278May 2, 2006Paper

Evaluation of a second-order directional microphone hearing aid: I. Speech perception outcomes

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
Ruth A BentlerH Gustav Mueller

Abstract

This clinical trial was undertaken to evaluate the benefit obtained from hearing aids employing second-order adaptive directional microphone technology, used in conjunction with digital noise reduction. Data were collected for 49 subjects across two sites. New and experienced hearing aid users were fit bilaterally with behind-the-ear hearing aids using the National Acoustics Laboratory-Nonlinear version 1 (NAL-NL1) prescriptive method with manufacturer default settings for various parameters of signal processing (e.g., noise reduction, compression, etc.). Laboratory results indicated that (1) for the stationary noise environment, directional microphones provided better speech perception than omnidirectional microphones, regardless of the number of microphones; and (2) for the moving noise environment, the three-microphone option (whether in adaptive or fixed mode) and the two-microphone option in its adaptive mode resulted in better performance than the two-microphone fixed mode, or the omnidirectional modes.

Citations

Apr 12, 2008·Purinergic Signalling·Elena AdinolfiDavide Ferrari
Oct 30, 2009·Ear and Hearing·Yu-Hsiang Wu, Ruth A Bentler
Apr 10, 2008·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·King ChungMichael Higgins
May 15, 2015·PloS One·Tobias WeissgerberUwe Baumann
Aug 14, 2008·International Journal of Audiology·Ruth BentlerRichard Hurtig
Sep 9, 2006·Trends in Amplification·Catherine V PalmerH Gustav Mueller
Sep 11, 2013·American Journal of Audiology·Jeffery Crukley, Susan D Scollie
Mar 3, 2010·International Journal of Audiology·William S WoodsBrent Edwards
Aug 22, 2020·International Journal of Audiology·Francis KukPetri Korhonen
Jan 29, 2011·International Journal of Audiology·H Gustav MuellerMartina Bellanova

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