Exam Preview for 36440: Vanderbilt Audiology Journal Club: Hearing

Vanderbilt Audiology Journal Club: Hearing Aid Technology for Practicing Audiologists

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1. Sabin et al., (2020) reported which of the following outcomes for patients with mild-to-moderate hearing loss: No speech recognition in noise benefit as measured by the QuickSIN for either patients fit with audiologist best practice or a simple self-fit procedure. No difference in the self-reported benefits as measured by the SSQ or APHAB when comparing patients fit with audiologist best practice and a simple self-fit procedure. Similar, but slightly lower gain for patients fit using a simple self-fit procedure in comparison to patients fit with audiologist best practice procedures. All of the above
2. Convery et al., (2020) demonstrated: Apps are useless A remote care app can be a useful tool for supporting hearing aid users. Twitter is a useful hearing aid app because it can help listers hear tweets Patients are generally not able to use remote care hearing aid apps effectively
3. Research has shown, that with advanced directional technology, going from a closed ear coupling to an open fitting can reduce the expected SNR improvement by: There is no change About 1 dB About 2 dB As much as 3 dB or more
4. Singh & Doherty (2020) report that middle-aged adults with normal hearing and difficulty understanding speech in noise can benefit from low-gain hearing aids. How many of those participants would consider purchasing hearing aids after their experience with them in the study? 0% 20% 80% 100%
5. Beechey et al (2020) studied 5-min conversations between a person with hearing loss and a person with normal hearing. When the participant with a hearing loss wore a hearing aid, what effect did that have on the communication effort of the participants? Hearing aids reduced communication effort that people with normal hearing exerted during the conversation Hearing aids increased the difficulty that people with normal hearing had communicating Hearing aids did not affect communication patterns for either participant Hearing aids increased communication effort that people with normal hearing exerted during the conversation