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Self-Adjusted Amplification Parameters Produce Large Between-Subject Variability and Preserve Speech Intelligibility by Nelson, Peggy B., Perry, Trevor T., Gregan, Melanie, VanTasell, Dianne

“…The current study used the self-fitting algorithm to allow listeners to self-adjust hearing-aid gain or compression parameters to select gain for speech…”
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Neural indices of phonemic discrimination and sentence-level speech intelligibility in quiet and noise: A mismatch negativity study by Koerner, Tess K., Zhang, Yang, Nelson, Peggy B., Wang, Boxiang, Zou, Hui

“…Successful speech communication requires the extraction of important acoustic cues from irrelevant background noise. In order to better understand this…”
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Visual and Auditory Spatial Localization in Younger and Older Adults by Xiong, Ying-Zi, Addleman, Douglas A, Nguyen, Nam Anh, Nelson, Peggy B, Legge, Gordon E

“…Visual and auditory localization abilities are crucial in real-life tasks such as navigation and social interaction. Aging is frequently accompanied by vision…”
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Auditory stream segregation using amplitude modulated bandpass noise by Nie, Yingjiu, Nelson, Peggy B

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of spectral overlap and amplitude modulation (AM) rate for stream segregation for noise signals, as well…”
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Listener Factors Explain Little Variability in Self-Adjusted Hearing Aid Gain by Perry, Trevor T., Nelson, Peggy B., Van Tasell, Dianne J.

“…Self-adjustment of hearing aid gain can provide valuable information about the gain preferences of individual listeners, but these preferences are not well…”
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Auditory stream segregation using bandpass noises: evidence from event-related potentials by Nie, Yingjiu, Zhang, Yang, Nelson, Peggy B

“…The current study measured neural responses to investigate auditory stream segregation of noise stimuli with or without clear spectral contrast. Sequences of…”
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Factors affecting speech understanding in gated interference: cochlear implant users and normal-hearing listeners by Nelson, Peggy B, Jin, Su-Hyun

“…Previous work [Nelson, Jin, Carney, and Nelson (2003), J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 961-968] suggested that cochlear implant users do not benefit from masking…”
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Understanding speech in modulated interference: cochlear implant users and normal-hearing listeners by Nelson, Peggy B, Jin, Su-Hyun, Carney, Arlene Earley, Nelson, David A

“…Many competing noises in real environments are modulated or fluctuating in level. Listeners with normal hearing are able to take advantage of temporal gaps in…”
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Mechanisms of Localization and Speech Perception with Colocated and Spatially Separated Noise and Speech Maskers Under Single-Sided Deafness with a Cochlear Implant by Dirks, Coral, Nelson, Peggy B, Sladen, Douglas P, Oxenham, Andrew J

“…OBJECTIVES:This study tested listeners with a cochlear implant (CI) in one ear and acoustic hearing in the other ear, to assess their ability to localize sound…”
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No Benefit of Deriving Cochlear-Implant Maps From Binaural Temporal-Envelope Sensitivity for Speech Perception or Spatial Hearing Under Single-Sided Deafness by Dirks, Coral E., Nelson, Peggy B., Oxenham, Andrew J.

“…This study tested whether speech perception and spatial acuity improved in people with single-sided deafness and a cochlear implant (SSD+CI) when the frequency…”
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Amplitude-modulation forward masking for listeners with and without hearing loss by Svec, Adam, Wojtczak, Magdalena, Nelson, Peggy B

“…Amplitude-modulation (AM) forward masking was measured for listeners with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss at 4000 and 1000 Hz, using continuous…”
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Sensitivity to binaural temporal-envelope beats with single-sided deafness and a cochlear implant as a measure of tonotopic match (L) by Dirks, Coral E., Nelson, Peggy B., Winn, Matthew B., Oxenham, Andrew J.

“…For cochlear-implant users with near-normal contralateral hearing, a mismatch between the frequency-to-place mapping in the two ears could produce a suboptimal…”
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Self-Adjustment of Hearing Aid Amplification for Lower Speech Levels: Independent Ratings, Paired Comparisons, and Speech Recognition by Perry, Trevor T, Nelson, Peggy B

“…Self-adjustment of hearing aid amplification enables wearers to customize the hearing aid output to match their preferences and could become an important tool…”
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Assessing the role of spectral and intensity cues in spectral ripple detection and discrimination in cochlear-implant users by ANDERSON, Elizabeth S, OXENHAM, Andrew J, NELSON, Peggy B, NELSON, David A

“…Measures of spectral ripple resolution have become widely used psychophysical tools for assessing spectral resolution in cochlear-implant (CI) listeners. The…”
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Efficacy of Multiple-Talker Phonetic Identification Training in Postlingually Deafened Cochlear Implant Listeners by Miller, Sharon E, Zhang, Yang, Nelson, Peggy B

“…Purpose: This study implemented a pretest-intervention-posttest design to examine whether multiple-talker identification training enhanced phonetic perception…”
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Auditory performance in bald eagles and red-tailed hawks: a comparative study of hearing in diurnal raptors by McGee, JoAnn, Nelson, Peggy B., Ponder, Julia B., Marr, Jeffrey, Redig, Patrick, Walsh, Edward J.

“…Collision with wind turbines is a conservation concern for eagles with population abundance implications. The development of acoustic alerting technologies to…”
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Neural indices of phonemic discrimination and sentence-level speech intelligibility in quiet and noise: A P3 study by Koerner, Tess K., Zhang, Yang, Nelson, Peggy B., Wang, Boxiang, Zou, Hui

“…This study examined how speech babble noise differentially affected the auditory P3 responses and the associated neural oscillatory activities for consonant…”
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Inherent envelope fluctuations in forward maskers: Effects of masker-probe delay for listeners with normal and impaired hearing by Svec, Adam, Dubno, Judy R, Nelson, Peggy B

“…Forward-masked thresholds increase as the magnitude of inherent masker envelope fluctuations increase for both normal-hearing (NH) and hearing-impaired (HI)…”
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Comparing spatial tuning curves, spectral ripple resolution, and speech perception in cochlear implant users by Anderson, Elizabeth S., Nelson, David A., Kreft, Heather, Nelson, Peggy B., Oxenham, Andrew J.

“…Spectral ripple discrimination thresholds were measured in 15 cochlear-implant users with broadband (350-5600 Hz) and octave-band noise stimuli. The results…”
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Interrupted speech perception: The effects of hearing sensitivity and frequency resolution by Jin, Su-Hyun, Nelson, Peggy B.

“…Jin & Nelson (2006) found that although amplified speech recognition performance of hearing-impaired (HI) listeners was equal to that of normal-hearing (NH)…”
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