Is the role of probe-tube, real-ear measurements changing for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss?

Objective: This study compared the deviation from target before and after fine tuning using probe-tube real-ear measurements (REMs). This was done to investigate if recent findings (e.g.

Psychometric Evaluation of a Patient Experience Questionnaire (PEQ) for Outpatient Appointments: Analysis Using Data from a U.K. National Health Service Audiology Department.

Background: The Audiology Department at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust (RSFT), United Kingdom, developed a patient experience questionnaire (PEQ) to assess and compare patients' experiences of attending a wide range of appointments (e.g., hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting, hearing aid review, tinnitus therapy, balance assessment, and balance rehabilitation).

Adult hearing-aid users with cochlear dead regions restricted to high frequencies: Implications for amplification.

Objectives: Cochlear dead regions (DR) are common in adult hearing-aid users, but are usually restricted to high frequencies. The aim was to determine the benefit of high-frequency amplification for ears with and without high-frequency DRs.

Design: Participants were fitted with the study hearing aid and tested under four conditions: unfiltered (NAL-NL2 prescription), and low-pass filtered at 1.

Repeatability, agreement, and feasibility of using the threshold equalizing noise test and fast psychophysical tuning curves in a clinical setting.

Objective: To investigate repeatability, agreement, and clinical feasibility of the threshold equalizing noise (TEN) test and fast psychophysical tuning curve (PTC) measurements to detect off-frequency listening, an indicator of cochlear dead regions (DRs).

Design: The TEN-test was carried out from 0.5 to 4 kHz and fast PTCs were carried out at ≥ 2 frequencies.

Prevalence of cochlear dead regions in new referrals and existing adult hearing aid users.

Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of dead regions (DRs) in new adult hearing aid referrals and existing adult hearing aid users. Secondary aims included determining the effect of hearing threshold levels and slope, age, and sex on the presence of DRs.

Design: Three hundred and seventy-six adults were recruited from a U.