Hearing tests are crucial for a child's development, but the standard test, Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA), often doesn't work for those with social communication disorders (SCD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A standardised filtering tool has been developed. Understanding how the results from this new music test compare to standard test results, particularly in people with hearing loss, is critical to establishing the fundamental psychoacoustic threshold relationship. This basic science research validates the acoustic methodology before any future clinical diagnostic application can be considered
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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50 participants (35 recruited at GSTT and 15 at CHEAR Ltd) with confirmed stable permanent bilateral hearing loss, evaluated using the initial baseline band-pass filtered familiar music stimuli (BPF-FMS) strategy (Work-Package 4)
50 independent participants (35 recruited at GSTT and 15 at CHEAR Ltd) with confirmed stable permanent bilateral hearing loss, evaluated using the updated/optimized band-pass filtered familiar music stimuli (BPF-FMS) strategy refined following Phase 1 analysis (Work-Package 6
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A Comparative Clinical Investigation of Musician's Preference With Hearing Aids
Optimization of Music Compression
Optimization of Perceived Sound Quality for Music Listening in Hearing Aid Users With Hearing Loss.