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Lifetime leisure music exposure associated with increased frequency of tinnitus (2016)
Journal Article
Moore, D. R., Zobay, O., Mackinnon, R. C., Whitmer, W. M., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2017). Lifetime leisure music exposure associated with increased frequency of tinnitus. Hearing Research, 347, 18-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2016.10.030

Tinnitus has been linked to noise exposure, a common form of which is listening to music as a leisure activity. The relationship between tinnitus and type and duration of music exposure is not well understood. We conducted an internet-based populatio... Read More about Lifetime leisure music exposure associated with increased frequency of tinnitus.

On detectable and meaningful speech-intelligibility benefits (2016)
Journal Article
Whitmer, W. M., McShefferty, D., & Akeroyd, M. A. (in press). On detectable and meaningful speech-intelligibility benefits. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 894, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25474-6_47

The most important parameter that affects the ability to hear and understand speech in the presence of background noise is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Despite decades of research in speech intelligibility, it is not currently known how much impr... Read More about On detectable and meaningful speech-intelligibility benefits.

The just meaningful difference in speech-to-noise ratio (2016)
Journal Article
McShefferty, D., Whitmer, W. M., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2016). The just meaningful difference in speech-to-noise ratio. Trends in Hearing, 20, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216515626570

The speech-to-noise ratio (SNR) in an environment plays a vital role in speech communication for both normal-hearing (NH) and hearing-impaired (HI) listeners. While hearing-assistance devices attempt to deliver as favorable an SNR as possible, there... Read More about The just meaningful difference in speech-to-noise ratio.