Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hanin Karah, Hanin Karawani
Summary: This study evaluates a home-based auditory exercises program that can be used during the adaptation process for hearing aid use in older adults. The findings suggest that hearing aid users, including new users, demonstrated better perceptual performance compared to their peers who did not use hearing aids, particularly in speech perception tasks in noise.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Jung Ho Choi, Hyo Jung Choi, Dong Hyun Kim, Ji Hye Park, Yong-Hwi An, Hyun Joon Shim
Summary: This study compared the effects of masks on speech perception in noise for hearing-impaired individuals and normal-hearing individuals, finding that hearing aids can partially offset the impact of masks on speech perception for the hearing-impaired.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Larry E. Humes
Summary: This study examined various factors contributing to older adults' difficulty in understanding speech in noisy backgrounds, including auditory, cognitive, and test results. The findings suggested that individual differences in speech recognition abilities were primarily determined by the audibility of speech and noise stimuli, as well as the severity of hearing loss, with cognitive function also playing a role.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Anna-Lena Moennich, Sebastian Strieth, Andrea Bohnert, Benjamin Philipp Ernst, Tobias Rader
Summary: The aim of this study was to develop the German Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) with a female speaker and compare it with the norms of male speech tests. Results showed that the norms for the HINT with a female speaker are comparable to the norms with a male speaker.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Jasmin Joiko, Andrea Bohnert, Sebastian Strieth, Sigfrid D. Soli, Tobias Rader
Summary: The study aimed to develop a German Hearing In Noise Test using the same methodology as previous tests, develop sentence lists for measuring speech reception thresholds (SRTs), and determine test-retest reliability and norms. Results showed that the German HINT materials are comparable to other languages with good test-retest reliability, and norms. This allows for comparison and pooling of research results from the international research community.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Mengfan Wu, Oscar M. Canete, Jesper Hvass Schmidt, Michal Fereczkowski, Tobias Neher
Summary: The study found that HA users with mild hearing deficits performed better on speech recognition tasks compared to those with severe hearing deficits, but there was no significant difference on the just follow conversation task. Participants with severe hearing deficits had different SIN outcomes with tested HAs, which seemed to be related to differences in HA gain.
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Hidde Pielage, Bethany. J. Plain, Gabrielle. H. Saunders, Niek. J. Versfeld, Thomas Lunner, Sophia. E. Kramer, Adriana. A. Zekveld
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between copresence, speech-in-noise task performance, arousal, and effort in individuals with hearing loss. Pupil size measurements were used to assess arousal and effort. The results showed that task performance was not affected by copresence, but was related to the severity of hearing loss. Copresence was associated with increased baseline pupil size, indicating heightened arousal, but there were no changes in peak or mean pupil dilation. This suggests that copresence may increase arousal, but not necessarily in relation to the listening task itself.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sandrine Kerneis, John J. Galvin III, Stephanie Borel, Jean Baque, Qian-Jie Fu, David Bakhos
Summary: A computer-based home training software called French AngelSound (TM) was developed for French cochlear implant (CI) recipients. A pilot study showed that the software significantly improved phoneme recognition in CI recipients and could be used as a complementary method for clinical auditory rehabilitation when in-person visits are not possible.
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Mary M. Flaherty, Jenna Browning, Emily Buss, Lori J. Leibold
Summary: The study evaluated the impact of hearing loss on children's ability to benefit from F0 differences between target/masker speech in aided speech-in-speech recognition, and whether compromised F0 discrimination due to hearing loss predicts F0 benefit in individual children. Children with mild-to-severe sensorineural hearing loss benefited from larger F0 differences between target and masker speech, with increasing age associated with greater benefit, but audibility alone did not explain the effect.
Review
Acoustics
Nicola Prodi
Summary: The recent paper on assessing acoustical preferences and needs of students in educational buildings overlooked the analysis of behavioral quantities, which are crucial in many experimental paradigms and have contributed significantly to our current understanding of the subject matter.
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Sathish Kumar, Ankitha Guruvayurappan, Arivudai Nambi Pitchaimuthu, Srikanth Nayak
Summary: This systematic review found that wireless binaural beamformers perform better than conventional microphone technologies in improving the speech perception abilities of individuals with bilateral hearing aids. However, there was no significant improvement in subjective ratings compared to other microphone technologies. The evidence for both speech perception in noise and subjective ratings was weak.
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, Noah H. Silbert, De Wet Swanepoel, David R. Moore
Summary: This study showed that sensitivity of the digits-in-noise test to high-frequency hearing loss can be enhanced by using low-pass noise filters with higher cutoff frequencies. Narrower masking noise bandwidth generally produced more sensitive test results. There were strong correlations between low-frequency and high-frequency hearing loss with the test results in the hearing impaired group.
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Mishaela DiNino, Lori L. Holt, Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham
Summary: Following a conversation in a crowded environment can be challenging for individuals with normal hearing thresholds. Previous studies have investigated whether noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy (CS) contributes to speech perception difficulties, but the results have been mixed. Our review suggests that the mixed results may be due to the fact that previous studies used speech perception tasks that are relatively insensitive to CS-induced deficits.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Tytti Willberg, Ville Sivonen, Pia Linder, Aarno Dietz
Summary: The study found that three different speech-in-noise tests of varying length and complexity provide comparable results in diverse CI user groups, with strong correlations between the different tests. Age and device use time showed no correlation to speech-in-noise perception, while bilateral CI users showed slightly better results.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Robin Gransier, Astrid van Wieringen, Jan Wouters
Summary: Speech perception in difficult listening conditions relies on the temporal processing ability of the auditory pathway. This study examines the individual differences in young normal-hearing listeners' identification of time-compressed speech and its association with their ability to identify speech in unmodulated and modulated noise.
JARO-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Amritha Mallikarjun, Emily Shroads, Rochelle S. Newman
Summary: The study found that domestic dogs, like young infants and rats, show a preference for vowel information over consonant information in word identification. This cognitive preference among dogs may represent a unique tool for language learning exclusive to humans.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Rochelle S. Newman, Laura A. Kirby, Katie Von Holzen, Elizabeth Redcay
Summary: Both children with ASD and their peers matched in age and language abilities performed worse in comprehending speech in noisy environments compared to quiet ones. The presence of visual cues on the speaker's face had a more detrimental effect on children with ASD, indicating that neurotypical children may be better at utilizing these cues to counteract noise interference. Children with ASD who paid more attention to the speaker's face showed better listening performance in noisy conditions, suggesting a potential intervention pathway.
JOURNAL OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Brittany N. Jaekel, Sarah Weinstein, Rochelle S. Newman, Matthew J. Goupell
Summary: Cochlear-implant users struggle with restoring noise-interrupted speech, even when semantic cues are provided. This challenges previous research findings and raises doubts about the possibility of restoration in CI users.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Christina Blomquist, Rochelle S. Newman, Yi Ting Huang, Jan Edwards
Summary: The study aimed to investigate whether children with cochlear implants use semantic prediction to facilitate spoken word recognition, finding that they demonstrate less efficient use of semantic cues compared to age-matched peers with normal hearing.
JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Brittany N. Jaekel, Sarah Weinstein, Rochelle S. Newman, Matthew J. Goupell
Summary: Previous research has shown that cochlear implant users can restore noise-interrupted speech through perceptual restoration. However, this study found no evidence of participants experiencing the perceptual restoration illusion in two planned experiments. This suggests that signal processing factors may not have a significant impact on speech repair.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
A. Mallikarjun, M. Sangeetha, M. Vikranth Reddy, M. Jaipal Reddy, J. Siva Kumar, T. Sreekanth
Summary: In this research, solid polymer electrolytes were prepared using the solution casting technique. The structure and properties of the fabricated polymer electrolyte membranes were analyzed using various techniques. The results showed that the membranes had an amorphous phase and interlinked micro-pores, which facilitated the mobility of ions and improved ionic conductivity. The electrochemical properties and dielectric characteristics confirmed the potential of these electrolyte membranes for battery applications.
POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES A
(2022)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Amanda Collins, Rachel A. Bear, Amritha Mallikarjun, Sarah A. Kane, Jennifer L. Essler, Patricia Kaynaroglu, Rebecca Feuer, Jordan G. Smith, Cynthia M. Otto
Summary: This study investigated the impact of vaccines on the olfactory capabilities and behavior of dogs. Dogs that were initially vaccinated orally and then with intranasal vaccine 28 days later were slower in finding the target odor. The intranasal vaccine did not affect the odor threshold or time spent searching for odor, but behavioral factors were found to be closely related to the time spent finding the target odor.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Amritha Mallikarjun, Emily Shroads, Rochelle S. Newman
Summary: Studies have shown that cotton-top tamarins, rats, and dogs can discriminate between different languages based on rhythmic cues, and dogs also show a preference for certain languages.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Amritha Mallikarjun, Ben Swartz, Sarah A. A. Kane, Michelle Gibison, Isabella Wilson, Amanda Collins, Madison B. B. Moore, Ila Charendoff, Julie Ellis, Lisa A. A. Murphy, Tracy Nichols, Cynthia M. M. Otto
Summary: Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that affects cervid species. Dogs can be trained to differentiate CWD-positive and CWD-negative fecal samples in laboratory and field settings.
Article
Acoustics
Margaret Cychosz, Rochelle S. Newman
Summary: Because speaking rates are highly variable, listeners need to use cues such as phoneme or sentence duration to normalize speech across different contexts. This study shows that changing the duration of phonemes, even when phoneme boundaries are not clear, can result in a speaking rate normalization effect. This suggests that listeners can normalize for rate differences based on sub syllabic units when acoustic boundaries within syllables are less distinct.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Ramalingaswamy Cheruku, Khaja Hussain, Ilaiah Kavati, A. Mallikarjuna Reddy, K. Sudheer Reddy
Summary: The paper proposes an improved model for sentiment analysis on social media platforms, specifically Twitter, using a modified RoBERTa model combined with RNN. The proposed model achieves higher accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score compared to existing state-of-the-art models. Experimental results demonstrate significant improvements in performance. The proposed approach has a maximum accuracy of 84.6% and outperforms other models in terms of various evaluation measures.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
A. Mallikarjun, J. Siva Kumar, T. Sreekanth, M. Sangeetha, Maheshwar Reddy Mettu, Chandra Sekhar Espenti, M. Jaipal Reddy
Summary: In this study, solid polymer composite electrolytic thin membranes based on PVDF-co-HFP:Mg(ClO4)(2):NiO were successfully prepared, which exhibited high ionic conductivity and a well-defined porous structure. The application of these membranes in dye-sensitized solar cells resulted in improved fill factor and efficiency.
POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIALS
(2023)
Proceedings Paper
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
A. Mallikarjun, M. Sangeetha, Maheshwar Reddy Mettu, M. Jaipal Reddy, J. Siva Kumar, T. Sreekanth, S. Venkateswara Rao
Summary: The effect of ZrO2 nanofillers on the performance of PVDFHFP:Mg(ClO4)2 electrolyte was studied, and the optimal composition for conductivity was identified. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy experiments demonstrated the enhancement in conductivity by ZrO2 nanofillers. Based on these studies, a nano composite polymer electrolyte with excellent performance was successfully prepared.
MATERIALS TODAY-PROCEEDINGS
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Maheshwar Reddy Mettu, A. Mallikarjun, M. Jaipal Reddy, J. Siva Kumar
Summary: Blend thin films of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and pure poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF-HFP) were prepared using a solution casting method, and their optical properties were studied. It was found that an increase in NaClO4 salt content led to a decrease in the absorption edge and indirect band gap energy values of the films.
MATERIALS TODAY-PROCEEDINGS
(2022)