HEARING IMPAIRMENT

This study tested a device that sends sound from the non-hearing ear to a cochlear implant in the other ear. 16 older adults with one cochlear implant used the device to see if it improved their speech understanding in noisy settings. The goal was to also see if it improved quali…

This completed study tested Nuance Audio glasses, which have a built-in hearing aid for adults with mild to moderate hearing trouble. 21 participants wore the glasses and took speech tests in quiet and noisy settings, plus a real-world walking tour. The goal was to see if the dev…

This study tested whether virtual reality (VR) training could help deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn vocational skills better than traditional methods. 48 students aged 17-20 with profound hearing loss participated in a 6-week program using 360-degree VR simulations of hote…

This study looked at 183 parents of children with hearing impairments to understand how their psychological resilience relates to their disaster preparedness. Parents completed surveys measuring their resilience and how ready they feel for disasters. The goal is to find ways to b…

This study looked at how children with and without hearing loss use eye gaze and facial expressions to improve speechreading (lip-reading). Researchers tested 140 children aged 8–11 with cognitive and speechreading tasks, and some children with hearing loss trained using a specia…

This study tested whether French versions of two standard hearing aid benefit questionnaires (IOI-HA and COSI) are accurate and reliable. Researchers enrolled 100 adults with hearing loss who use hearing aids. The goal was to confirm these questionnaires work well in French, so c…