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Unilateral versus bilateral hearing aids for bilateral hearing impairment in adults (2017)
Journal Article
Browning, G. G., Howell, P., Whitmer, W. M., Ftouh, S., Chong, L. Y., & Naylor, G. (in press). Unilateral versus bilateral hearing aids for bilateral hearing impairment in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012665

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of bilateral versus unilateral hearing aids in adults with a bilateral hearing impairment.

Effects of hearing impairment and hearing aid amplification on listening effort - a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Ohlenforst, B., Zekveld, A., Jansma, E., Wang, Y., Naylor, G., Lorens, A., …Kramer, S. (in press). Effects of hearing impairment and hearing aid amplification on listening effort - a systematic review. Ear and Hearing, 38(3), https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000396

Objectives: To undertake a systematic review of available evidence on the effect of hearing impairment and hearing-aid amplification on listening effort. Two research questions were addressed: Q1) does hearing impairment affect listening effort? and... Read More about Effects of hearing impairment and hearing aid amplification on listening effort - a systematic review.

A taxonomy of fatigue concepts and their relation to hearing loss (2016)
Journal Article
Hornsby, B. W., Naylor, G., & Bess, F. H. (2016). A taxonomy of fatigue concepts and their relation to hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 37(Supp 1), Article 136S-144S. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000289

Fatigue is common in individuals with a variety of chronic health conditions and can have significant negative effects on quality of life. Although limited in scope, recent work suggests persons with hearing loss may be at increased risk for fatigue,... Read More about A taxonomy of fatigue concepts and their relation to hearing loss.

Hearing impairment and cognitive energy: the Framework for Understanding Effortful Listening (FUEL) (2016)
Journal Article
Pichora-Fuller, M. K., Kramer, S., Eckert, M. A., Edwards, B., Hornsby, B. W., Humes, L. E., …Wingfield, A. (2016). Hearing impairment and cognitive energy: the Framework for Understanding Effortful Listening (FUEL). Ear and Hearing, 37, Article 5S-27S. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000312

The Fifth Eriksholm Workshop on “Hearing Impairment and Cognitive Energy” was convened to develop a consensus among interdisciplinary experts about what is known on the topic, gaps in knowledge, the use of terminology, priorities for future research,... Read More about Hearing impairment and cognitive energy: the Framework for Understanding Effortful Listening (FUEL).

Theoretical issues of validity in the measurement of aided speech reception threshold in noise for comparing nonlinear hearing aid systems (2016)
Journal Article
Naylor, G. (2016). Theoretical issues of validity in the measurement of aided speech reception threshold in noise for comparing nonlinear hearing aid systems. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 27(7), https://doi.org/10.3766/jaaa.15093

Background: Adaptive Speech Reception Threshold in noise (SRTn) measurements are often used to make comparisons between alternative hearing aid (HA) systems. Such measurements usually do not constrain the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at which testing... Read More about Theoretical issues of validity in the measurement of aided speech reception threshold in noise for comparing nonlinear hearing aid systems.

Parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction, as identified by pupil light reflex, and its possible connection to hearing impairment (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Zekveld, A. A., Naylor, G., Ohlenforst, B., Jansma, E. P., Lorens, A., …Kramer, S. E. (2016). Parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction, as identified by pupil light reflex, and its possible connection to hearing impairment. PLoS ONE, 11(4), Article e0153566. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153566

Context Although the pupil light reflex has been widely used as a clinical diagnostic tool for autonomic nervous system dysfunction, there is no systematic review available to summarize the evidence that the pupil light reflex is a sensitive method... Read More about Parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction, as identified by pupil light reflex, and its possible connection to hearing impairment.

Exploring the effects of the narrative embodied in the hearing aid fitting process on treatment outcomes (2015)
Journal Article

Objectives: There is strong evidence from other fields of health, and growing evidence in audiology, that characteristics of the process of intervention as perceived by the client (embodied narratives) can have significant effects on treatment outcom... Read More about Exploring the effects of the narrative embodied in the hearing aid fitting process on treatment outcomes.

Patterns of hearing aid usage predict hearing aid use amount (data logged and self-reported) and overreport (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Previous studies found that, on average, users overreport their daily amount of hearing aid use compared to objective measures such as data logging. However, the reasons for this are unclear. Purpose: This study assessed data-logged and... Read More about Patterns of hearing aid usage predict hearing aid use amount (data logged and self-reported) and overreport.