Search for dissertations about: "hearing loss, hearing impaired"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words hearing loss, hearing impaired.
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1. Perception of disturbing sounds : Investigations of people with hearing loss and normal hearing
Abstract : The present thesis concerns the daily sound environment and the human perception of the same. The sound environment affects the possibility to be active in a communication. With background noise, it may be harder to hear desired signals, and when suffering from a hearing loss, negative effects of the background noise increase. READ MORE
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2. Using the speech intelligibility index for evaluating speech test results and hearing aid characteristics
Abstract : Understanding speech is crucial for human communication. Therefore, speech audiometry plays an important part in the assessment of the hearing impaired, and improved speech intelligibility is a major goal of hearing aid fitting. READ MORE
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3. Less is more? Loudness aspects of prescriptive methods for nonlinear hearing aids
Abstract : In Sweden, about 10% of the adult population experienceshearing problems that cause them difficulties in everydaycommunication, and approximately 60 000 people are providedwith hearing aids each year. Despite the fact that modernhearing aids can facilitate speech communication in a widerange of listening environments, many hearing-aid users aredissatisfied with their hearing aids. READ MORE
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4. Probabilistic Modelling of Hearing : Speech Recognition and Optimal Audiometry
Abstract : Hearing loss afflicts as many as 10\% of our population.Fortunately, technologies designed to alleviate the effects ofhearing loss are improving rapidly, including cochlear implantsand the increasing computing power of digital hearing aids. Thisthesis focuses on theoretically sound methods for improvinghearing aid technology. READ MORE
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5. Hearing and cognition in speech comprehension. Methods and applications
Abstract : Central auditory processing is complex and can not be evaluated by a single method. This thesis focuses on assessment of some aspects of central auditory functions by the use of dichotic speech tests and cognitive tests that tax functions important for speech processing. READ MORE