Search Results - "Wagener, Kirsten"

The multilingual matrix test: Principles, applications, and comparison across languages: A review by Kollmeier, Birger, Warzybok, Anna, Hochmuth, Sabine, Zokoll, Melanie A., Uslar, Verena, Brand, Thomas, Wagener, Kirsten C.

“…Objective: A review of the development, evaluation, and application of the so-called 'matrix sentence test' for speech intelligibility testing in a…”
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Speech reception with different bilateral directional processing schemes: Influence of binaural hearing, audiometric asymmetry, and acoustic scenario by Neher, Tobias, Wagener, Kirsten C., Latzel, Matthias

“…Hearing aid (HA) users can differ markedly in their benefit from directional processing (or beamforming) algorithms. The current study therefore investigated…”
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Conformities and gaps of clinical audiological data with the international classification of functioning disability and health core sets for hearing loss by Afghah, Tahereh, Schütze, Julia, Meis, Markus, Kollmeier, Birger, Wagener, Kirsten C.

“…The International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) is a classification of health and health-related domains created by the World…”
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Development and evaluation of video recordings for the OLSA matrix sentence test by Llorach, Gerard, Kirschner, Frederike, Grimm, Giso, Zokoll, Melanie A., Wagener, Kirsten C., Hohmann, Volker

“…The aim was to create and validate an audiovisual version of the German matrix sentence test (MST), which uses the existing audio-only speech material. Video…”
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Do you hear the noise? The German matrix sentence test with a fixed noise level in subjects with normal hearing and hearing impairment by Wardenga, Nina, Batsoulis, Cornelia, Wagener, Kirsten C., Brand, Thomas, Lenarz, Thomas, Maier, Hannes

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between hearing loss and speech reception threshold (SRT) in a fixed noise condition using…”
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Investigating Differences in Preferred Noise Reduction Strength Among Hearing Aid Users by Neher, Tobias, Wagener, Kirsten C.

“…Even though hearing aid (HA) users can respond very differently to noise reduction (NR) processing, knowledge about possible drivers of this variability (and…”
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How much does language proficiency by non-native listeners influence speech audiometric tests in noise? by Warzybok, Anna, Brand, Thomas, Wagener, Kirsten C., Kollmeier, Birger

“…Objective: The current study investigates the extent to which the linguistic complexity of three commonly employed speech recognition tests and second language…”
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Hearing aid noise suppression and working memory function by Neher, Tobias, Wagener, Kirsten C, Fischer, Rosa-Linde

“…Research findings concerning the relation between benefit from hearing aid (HA) noise suppression and working memory function are inconsistent. The current…”
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Relation Between Listening Effort and Speech Intelligibility in Noise by Krueger, Melanie, Schulte, Michael, Zokoll, Melanie A, Wagener, Kirsten C, Meis, Markus, Brand, Thomas, Holube, Inga

“…Subjective ratings of listening effort might be applicable to estimate hearing difficulties at positive signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) at which speech…”
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Directional Processing and Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids: Individual and Situational Influences on Preferred Setting by Neher, Tobias, Wagener, Kirsten C, Fischer, Rosa-Linde

“…A better understanding of individual differences in hearing aid (HA) outcome is a prerequisite for more personalized HA fittings. Currently, knowledge of how…”
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Development of a Dutch matrix sentence test to assess speech intelligibility in noise by Houben, Rolph, Koopman, Jan, Luts, Heleen, Wagener, Kirsten C., van Wieringen, Astrid, Verschuure, Hans, Dreschler, Wouter A.

“…Abstract Objective: A Dutch matrix sentence test was developed and evaluated. A matrix test is a speech-in-noise test based on a closed speech corpus of…”
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The Concurrent OLSA Test: A Method for Speech Recognition in Multi-talker Situations at Fixed SNR by Heeren, Jan, Nuesse, Theresa, Latzel, Matthias, Holube, Inga, Hohmann, Volker, Wagener, Kirsten C., Schulte, Michael

“…A multi-talker paradigm is introduced that uses different attentional processes to adjust speech-recognition scores with the goal of conducting measurements at…”
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Can You Hear Out the Melody? Testing Musical Scene Perception in Young Normal-Hearing and Older Hearing-Impaired Listeners by Siedenburg, Kai, Röttges, Saskia, Wagener, Kirsten C., Hohmann, Volker

“…It is well known that hearing loss compromises auditory scene analysis abilities, as is usually manifested in difficulties of understanding speech in noise…”
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ICF-based hearing and functioning assessment: validation and research outcomes of utilizing the HEAR-COMMAND tool for patients with mild to moderately severe hearing loss and individuals with normal hearing by Afghah, Tahereh, Alfakir, Razan, Meis, Markus, Hammady, Mahmoud, Youssif, Mostafa, Abd Al-Ghaffar, Mohamed, Kramer, Sophia E, Wagener, Kirsten C

“…Current clinical assessments for Hearing Loss (HL) are often limited to controlled laboratory settings in which a narrow spectrum of hearing difficulties can…”
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What Keeps Older Adults With Hearing Impairment From Adopting Hearing Aids? by Tahden, Maike A. S., Gieseler, Anja, Meis, Markus, Wagener, Kirsten C., Colonius, Hans

“…The aim of this study was to compare elderly individuals who are hearing impaired but inexperienced in using hearing aids (hearing aid non-users; HA-NU) with…”
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Internationally comparable screening tests for listening in noise in several European languages: The German digit triplet test as an optimization prototype by Zokoll, Melanie A., Wagener, Kirsten C., Brand, Thomas, Buschermöhle, Michael, Kollmeier, Birger

“…Abstract Objective: A review is given of internationally comparable speech-in-noise tests for hearing screening purposes that were part of the European HearCom…”
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The development of a Self-Rated ICF-based questionnaire (HEAR-COMMAND Tool) to evaluate Hearing, Communication, and Conversation disability: Multinational experts' and patients' perspectives by Afghah, Tahereh, Alfakir, Razan, Meis, Markus, van Leeuwen, Lisette, Kramer, Sophia E, Hammady, Mahmoud, Youssif, Mostafa, Wagener, Kirsten C

“…An instrument that facilitates the advancement of hearing healthcare delivery from a biomedical model to a biopsychosocial one that underpins the International…”
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Speech Audiometry at Home: Automated Listening Tests via Smart Speakers With Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners by Ooster, Jasper, Krueger, Melanie, Bach, Jörg-Hendrik, Wagener, Kirsten C., Kollmeier, Birger, Meyer, Bernd T.

“…Speech audiometry in noise based on sentence tests is an important diagnostic tool to assess listeners’ speech recognition threshold (SRT), i.e., the…”
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Auditory and Non-Auditory Contributions for Unaided Speech Recognition in Noise as a Function of Hearing Aid Use by Gieseler, Anja, Tahden, Maike A S, Thiel, Christiane M, Wagener, Kirsten C, Meis, Markus, Colonius, Hans

“…Differences in understanding speech in noise among hearing-impaired individuals cannot be explained entirely by hearing thresholds alone, suggesting the…”
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Diagnosing and Screening in a Minority Language: A Validation Study by Zokoll, Melanie A, Wagener, Kirsten C, Kollmeier, Birger

“…The Turkish Digit Triplet Test for hearing self-screening purposes and the Turkish Matrix Test (TURMatrix) for follow-up hearing diagnostics offer an automated…”
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