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Professor GRAHAM NAYLOR's Outputs (53)

Associations Between Pre-Fitting Factors and 2-Year Hearing Aid Use Persistence, Derived From Health Records and Post-Fitting Battery Order Data of 284,175 US Veterans (2025)
Journal Article
Naylor, G., Dillard, L. K., Zobay, O., & Saunders, G. H. (2025). Associations Between Pre-Fitting Factors and 2-Year Hearing Aid Use Persistence, Derived From Health Records and Post-Fitting Battery Order Data of 284,175 US Veterans. Ear and Hearing, https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001694

Objectives:
To examine associations between long-term persistence of hearing-aid (HA) use and factors in domains of general health, hearing status, and demography. By examining only non-modifiable factors available before HA fitting, we focus on po... Read More about Associations Between Pre-Fitting Factors and 2-Year Hearing Aid Use Persistence, Derived From Health Records and Post-Fitting Battery Order Data of 284,175 US Veterans.

How Purposeful Adaptive Responses to Adverse Conditions Facilitate Successful Auditory Functioning: A Conceptual Model (2025)
Journal Article
Beechey, T., & Naylor, G. (2025). How Purposeful Adaptive Responses to Adverse Conditions Facilitate Successful Auditory Functioning: A Conceptual Model. Trends in Hearing, 29, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165251317010

This paper describes a conceptual model of adaptive responses to adverse auditory conditions with the aim of providing a basis for better understanding the demands of, and opportunities for, successful real-life auditory functioning. We review exampl... Read More about How Purposeful Adaptive Responses to Adverse Conditions Facilitate Successful Auditory Functioning: A Conceptual Model.

The influence of hearing loss and hearing aid use on experienced emotion in everyday listening situations (2025)
Journal Article
Holman, J. A., & Naylor, G. (2025). The influence of hearing loss and hearing aid use on experienced emotion in everyday listening situations. Clinical Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155251326830

Objective: To address the extent to which the emotional experience of everyday listening situations is impacted by hearing loss and hearing aid use. Design: An exploratory prospective study with an observation arm and an intervention arm utilising sm... Read More about The influence of hearing loss and hearing aid use on experienced emotion in everyday listening situations.

Relationships between subjective and objective measures of listening accuracy and effort in an online speech-in-noise study (2025)
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Wiggins, I. M., Stacey, J. E., Naylor, G., & Saunders, G. H. (in press). Relationships between subjective and objective measures of listening accuracy and effort in an online speech-in-noise study. Ear and Hearing,

Objectives
Speech-in-noise performance is of paramount importance to daily function, and there exists a bewildering array of outcome measures to capture the many dimensions of this concept. The aim of the present study was to provide insight into ho... Read More about Relationships between subjective and objective measures of listening accuracy and effort in an online speech-in-noise study.

Implementing Ecological Momentary Assessment in Audiological Research: Opportunities and Challenges. (2024)
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Schinkel-Bielefeld, N., Burke, L., Holube, I., Iankilevitch, M., Jenstad, L. M., Lelic, D., Naylor, G., Singh, G., Smeds, K., von Gablenz, P., Wolters, F., & Wu, Y.-H. (2024). Implementing Ecological Momentary Assessment in Audiological Research: Opportunities and Challenges. American Journal of Audiology, 33(3), 648-673. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJA-23-00249

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a way to evaluate experiences in everyday life. It is a powerful research tool but can be complex and challenging for beginners. Application of EMA in audiological research brings with it opportunities and cha... Read More about Implementing Ecological Momentary Assessment in Audiological Research: Opportunities and Challenges..

Uses of Linguistic Context in Speech Listening: Does Acquired Hearing Loss Lead to Reduced Engagement of Prediction? (2024)
Journal Article
Fernandez, L. B., Pickering, M. J., Naylor, G., & Hadley, L. V. (2024). Uses of Linguistic Context in Speech Listening: Does Acquired Hearing Loss Lead to Reduced Engagement of Prediction?. Ear and Hearing, 45(5), 1107-1114. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001515

Research investigating the complex interplay of cognitive mechanisms involved in speech listening for people with hearing loss has been gaining prominence. In particular, linguistic context allows the use of several cognitive mechanisms that are not... Read More about Uses of Linguistic Context in Speech Listening: Does Acquired Hearing Loss Lead to Reduced Engagement of Prediction?.

Used to be a dime, now it’s a dollar: R-SPiN keyword predictability revisited 40 years on (2024)
Journal Article
Whitley, A., Naylor, G., & Hadley, L. V. (2024). Used to be a dime, now it’s a dollar: R-SPiN keyword predictability revisited 40 years on. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(4), 1229-1242. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00615

Purpose:

Almost 40 years after its development, in this article, we reexamine the relevance and validity of the ubiquitously used Revised Speech Perception in Noise (R-SPiN) sentence corpus. The R-SPiN corpus includes “high-context” and “low-conte... Read More about Used to be a dime, now it’s a dollar: R-SPiN keyword predictability revisited 40 years on.

Used to Be a Dime, Now It's a Dollar: Revised Speech Perception in Noise Key Word Predictability Revisited 40 Years On. (2024)
Journal Article
Whitley, A., Naylor, G., & Hadley, L. V. (2024). Used to Be a Dime, Now It's a Dollar: Revised Speech Perception in Noise Key Word Predictability Revisited 40 Years On. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(4), 1229-1242. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00615

Almost 40 years after its development, in this article, we reexamine the relevance and validity of the ubiquitously used Revised Speech Perception in Noise (R-SPiN) sentence corpus. The R-SPiN corpus includes "high-context" and "low-context" sentence... Read More about Used to Be a Dime, Now It's a Dollar: Revised Speech Perception in Noise Key Word Predictability Revisited 40 Years On..

Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in- Noise Task (2023)
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Alfandari, D., Richter, M., Wendt, D., Fiedler, L., & Naylor, G. (2023). Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in- Noise Task. Trends in Hearing, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165231196520

Listening effort and fatigue are common experiences when conversing in noisy environments. Much research has investigated listening effort in relation to listening demand using the speech-in-noise paradigm. Recent conceptualizations of listening effo... Read More about Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in- Noise Task.

Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task (2023)
Journal Article
Alfandari, D., Richter, M., Wendt, D., Fiedler, L., & Naylor, G. (2023). Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task. Trends in Hearing, 27, Article 23312165231196520. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165231196520

Listening effort and fatigue are common experiences when conversing in noisy environments. Much research has investigated listening effort in relation to listening demand using the speech-in-noise paradigm. Recent conceptualizations of listening effo... Read More about Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task.

Fitting a Hearing Aid on the Better Ear, Worse Ear, or Both: Associations of Hearing-aid Fitting Laterality with Outcomes in a Large Sample of US Veterans (2023)
Journal Article
Zobay, O., Naylor, G., Saunders, G. H., & Dillard, L. K. (2023). Fitting a Hearing Aid on the Better Ear, Worse Ear, or Both: Associations of Hearing-aid Fitting Laterality with Outcomes in a Large Sample of US Veterans. Trends in Hearing, 27, https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165231195987

Longitudinal electronic health records from a large sample of new hearing-aid (HA) recipients in the US Veterans Affairs healthcare system were used to evaluate associations of fitting laterality with long-term HA use persistence as measured by batte... Read More about Fitting a Hearing Aid on the Better Ear, Worse Ear, or Both: Associations of Hearing-aid Fitting Laterality with Outcomes in a Large Sample of US Veterans.

Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios (2023)
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Perea Pérez, F., Hartley, D. E. H., Kitterick, P. T., Zekveld, A. A., Naylor, G., & Wiggins, I. M. (2023). Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, Article 1214485. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1214485

Introduction: Due to having to work with an impoverished auditory signal, cochlear-implant (CI) users may experience reduced speech intelligibility and/or increased listening effort in real-world listening situations, compared to their normally-heari... Read More about Listening efficiency in adult cochlear-implant users compared with normally-hearing controls at ecologically relevant signal-to-noise ratios.

Combining Multiple Psychophysiological Measures of Listening Effort: Challenges and Recommendations (2023)
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Richter, M., Buhiyan, T., Bramsløw, L., Innes-Brown, H., Fiedler, L., Hadley, L. V., Naylor, G., Saunders, G. H., Wendt, D., Whitmer, W. M., Zekveld, A. A., & Kramer, S. E. (2023). Combining Multiple Psychophysiological Measures of Listening Effort: Challenges and Recommendations. Seminars in Hearing, 44(2), 095-105. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1767669

About one-third of all recently published studies on listening effort have used at least one physiological measure, providing evidence of the popularity of such measures in listening effort research. However, the specific measures employed, as well a... Read More about Combining Multiple Psychophysiological Measures of Listening Effort: Challenges and Recommendations.

Exploring listening-related fatigue in children with and without hearing loss using self-report and parent-proxy measures (2023)
Journal Article
Adams, B., Thornton, S. K., Naylor, G., Spriggs, R. V., Wiggins, I. M., & Kitterick, P. T. (2023). Exploring listening-related fatigue in children with and without hearing loss using self-report and parent-proxy measures. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11, Article 1127578. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1127578

Children with hearing loss appear to experience greater fatigue than children with normal hearing (CNH). Listening-related fatigue is often associated with an increase in effortful listening or difficulty in listening situations. This has been observ... Read More about Exploring listening-related fatigue in children with and without hearing loss using self-report and parent-proxy measures.

Dementia and hearing-aid use: a two-way street (2022)
Journal Article
Naylor, G., Dillard, L., Orrell, M., Stephan, B. C. M., Zobay, O., & Saunders, G. H. (2022). Dementia and hearing-aid use: a two-way street. Age and Ageing, 51(12), Article afac266. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac266

Objectives
Hearing-aid use may reduce risk of dementia, but cognitive impairment makes use more challenging. An observed association between reduced hearing-aid use and incident dementia could reflect either or both of these causal paths. The object... Read More about Dementia and hearing-aid use: a two-way street.

A qualitative investigation of the hearing and hearing-aid related emotional states experienced by adults with hearing loss (2022)
Journal Article
Holman, J. A., Ali, Y. H. K., & Naylor, G. (2022). A qualitative investigation of the hearing and hearing-aid related emotional states experienced by adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 62(10), 973-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2111373

Objective: Despite previous research into the psychosocial impact of hearing loss, little detail is known regarding the hearing and hearing-aid-related emotional states experienced by adults with hearing loss in everyday life, and how they occur. Des... Read More about A qualitative investigation of the hearing and hearing-aid related emotional states experienced by adults with hearing loss.

Conversation success in one-to-one and group conversation: a group concept mapping study of adults with normal and impaired hearing (2022)
Journal Article
Nicoras, R., Gotowiec, S., V Hadley, L., Smeds, K., & Naylor, G. (2023). Conversation success in one-to-one and group conversation: a group concept mapping study of adults with normal and impaired hearing. International Journal of Audiology, 62(9), 868-876. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2022.2095538

Objective: The concept of conversation success is undefined, although prior work has variously related it to accurate exchange of information, alignment between interlocutors, and good management of misunderstandings. This study aimed (1) to identify... Read More about Conversation success in one-to-one and group conversation: a group concept mapping study of adults with normal and impaired hearing.

Comment on the Point of View “Ecological Validity, External Validity and Mundane Realism in Hearing Science” (2022)
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Keidser, G., Naylor, G., Brungart, D. S., Caduff, A., Campos, J., Carlile, S., Carpenter, M. G., Grimm, G., Hohmann, V., Holube, I., Launer, S., Lunner, T., Mehra, R., Rapport, F., Slaney, M., & Smeds, K. (2022). Comment on the Point of View “Ecological Validity, External Validity and Mundane Realism in Hearing Science”. Ear and Hearing, 43(5), 1601-1602. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001241

Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research: The clarity speech corpus (2022)
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Graetzer, S., Akeroyd, M. A., Barker, J., Cox, T. J., Culling, J. F., Naylor, G., Porter, E., & Viveros-Muñoz, R. (2022). Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research: The clarity speech corpus. Data in Brief, 41, Article 107951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.107951

This paper presents the Clarity Speech Corpus, a publicly available, forty speaker British English speech dataset. The corpus was created for the purpose of running listening tests to gauge speech intelligibility and quality in the Clarity Project, w... Read More about Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research: The clarity speech corpus.