Listening Effort Informed Quality of Experience Evaluation

Sun, Pheobe Wenyi; Hines, Andrew

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767840

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“…However, the benefit of hearing aids varies between individuals, which might partly be explained by individual differences in cognitive capacity. Also, speech reception in noise performance is related to cognitive abilities in individuals using hearing aids [30][31][32].…”

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Listening effort in patients with sensorineural hearing loss with and without hearing aids

Hussein¹,

Lasheen

Emara

et al. 2022

Egypt J Otolaryngol

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Background Persons with hearing loss may have difficulty in speech understanding, so they need to shift more resources from other on-going cognitive tasks. This increase in cognitive resources has been referred to as an increase in “listening effort: (LE). Two research questions were addressed: (Q1) Does hearing loss increase LE? (Q2) Can hearing aid (HA) amplification improve LE? Methods This study included 55 subjects that were divided into two groups: control group (I), which consisted of 15 adults with normal peripheral hearing, and study group (II), which consisted of 40 patients with bilateral SNHL. They were subdivided into two subgroups: study subgroup (IIa), which consisted of 20 patients did not use (HAs). The study subgroup (IIb) consisted of 20 patients using unilateral or bilateral HAs. LE was measured by subjective (Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ), Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS)) and behavioral measures (dual-task paradigm test (simultaneous primary auditory task (QuickSIN test) and secondary visual task (reaction time and Stroop test)). Results Hearing loss patients showed higher fatigue scores and lower scores in SSQ than the normal hearing subjects. They also showed significantly longer reaction times (RTs) in dual conditions. No significant difference was found between patient with SNHL with and without HAs in all tests. Conclusion Patients with SNHL with and without HAs showed more LE than the normal hearing subjects (Q1). Hearing aid fitting does not reduce LE (Q2). HA users showed less listening effort in favorable listening situation (higher signal-to-noise ratio) than those who did not use HAs. Increased LE is a consequence of hearing loss which could not be measured by standard audiometric measures, so it should be considered when measuring disability in those with hearing loss.

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Listening effort in patients with sensorineural hearing loss with and without hearing aids

Hussein¹,

Lasheen

Emara

et al. 2022

Egypt J Otolaryngol

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“…[4,36] According to this, the decrease in secondary task performance is associated with increased listening effort. [37]…”

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Listening Effort in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss using Cochlear Implant

Mahalawy,

Emara,

Hussein

et al. 2024

Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences

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Introduction:Listening effort is the mental exertion and cognitive resources needed for the recognition of speech. The patients with hearing loss have more listening effort than the normal hearing subjects, and this may increase stress and fatigue in the affected patients. Objectives: To assess the listening effort in patients with unilateral cochlear implants (CI) and to compare it with the listening effort of the normal hearing subjects. Patients and Methods: Our study included 27 subjects aged 18 to 45 years. They were divided into a control group (I) and a study group (II). The control group (I) consisted of 15 adults with bilateral normal peripheral hearing while the study group (II) consisted of 12 post-lingual adults wearing unilateral cochlear implants (CI). We assessed the listening effort in unilateral CI patients using subjective measures [Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS)] and behavioral measures including both dual-task paradigm and memory tests. Results: Unilateral CI patients showed higher SNR loss and prolonged reaction times than the control group in the dualtask paradigm. They also showed higher scores in HADS and poorer performance in the memory tests. Conclusion: Unilateral CI patients showed more listening effort than the normal hearing subjects with a higher level of anxiety and depression. They also showed poorer performance in the memory tests, which indicates that the hearing loss may lead to memory affection.

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Browser-Based Game Design for Cognitive Effort Aware Quality of Experience Evaluation

Sun,

Santos,

Hines

2023

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Listening Effort Informed Quality of Experience Evaluation

Cited by 4 publications

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Listening effort in patients with sensorineural hearing loss with and without hearing aids

Listening effort in patients with sensorineural hearing loss with and without hearing aids

Listening Effort in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss using Cochlear Implant

Browser-Based Game Design for Cognitive Effort Aware Quality of Experience Evaluation

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