| Speech understanding in quiet and in noise with the bone-anchored hearing aids Baha Compact and Baha Divino. | |
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PMID: 17762993 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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CONCLUSIONS: Speech understanding is better with the Baha Divino than with the Baha Compact in competing noise from the rear. No difference was found for speech understanding in quiet. Subjectively, overall sound quality and speech understanding were rated better for the Baha Divino. OBJECTIVES: To compare speech understanding in quiet and in noise and subjective ratings for two different bone-anchored hearing aids: the recently developed Baha Divino and the Baha Compact. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seven adults with bilateral conductive or mixed hearing losses who were users of a bone-anchored hearing aid were tested with the Baha Compact in quiet and in noise. Tests were repeated after 3 months of use with the Baha Divino. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the two types of Baha for speech understanding in quiet when tested with German numbers and monosyllabic words at presentation levels between 50 and 80 dB. For speech understanding in noise, an advantage of 2.3 dB for the Baha Divino vs the Baha Compact was found, if noise was emitted from a loudspeaker to the rear of the listener and the directional microphone noise reduction system was activated. Subjectively, the Baha Divino was rated statistically significantly better in terms of overall sound quality. |
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Authors:
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Martin Kompis; Martin Krebs; Rudolf Häusler |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Acta oto-laryngologica Volume: 127 ISSN: 0001-6489 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Otolaryngol. Publication Date: 2007 Aug |
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Created Date: 2007-08-31 Completed Date: 2007-10-23 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370354 Medline TA: Acta Otolaryngol Country: Norway |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 829-35 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of ENT, Head, Neck and Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Inselspital, University of Berne, Switzerland. martin.kompis@insel.ch |
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Acoustic Stimulation Adult Aged Auditory Threshold / physiology* Equipment Design Female Follow-Up Studies Hearing Aids* Hearing Loss, Conductive / physiopathology*, surgery Humans Male Middle Aged Noise Questionnaires Speech Perception / physiology* Treatment Outcome |
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