Compression Headphone Study

Using Headphone Presentation to Investigate Compression Strategy Modifications in Hearing Aids for Moderate-to-severe Hearing Loss

The stimuli consist of speech in quiet, speech in noise, reverberant speech, and music recorded with different hearing aid settings, post-processed for headphone presentation and incorporated in an online sound survey. Participants will receive tablets and headphones to conduct a sound quality rating at home. The survey will involve a training session and within-subject repeated measures. Stimuli presentation will be randomized by sound quality rating tool.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults (18-99 years) with ≥3 months hearing aid experience
• binaural, symmetric, sensorineural N3 to N4 hearing loss
• able to use Android interface and receive a video call on phone/computer
• fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• children/teenagers
• normal hearing or hearing loss exceeding N4 by 10dB
• cannot wear over-ear headphones