Neurodynamic evaluation of hearing aid features using EEG correlates of listening effort
- In this study, we propose a novel estimate of listening effort using electroencephalographic data. This method is a translation of our past findings, gained from the evoked electroencephalographic activity, to the oscillatory EEG activity. To test this technique, electroencephalographic data from experienced hearing aid users with moderate hearing loss were recorded, wearing hearing aids. The investigated hearing aid settings were: a directional microphone combined with a noise reduction algorithm in a medium and a strong setting, the noise reduction setting turned off, and a setting using omnidirectional microphones without any noise reduction. The results suggest that the electroencephalographic estimate of listening effort seems to be a useful tool to map the exerted effort of the participants. In addition, the results indicate that a directional processing mode can reduce the listening effort in multitalker listening situations.
| Document Type: | Article |
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| Author: | Corinna Bernarding, Daniel J. Strauss, Ronny HannemannORCiD, Harald Seidler, Farah I. Corona-StraussORCiD |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291:415-2936 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11571-017-9425-5 |
| ISSN: | 1871-4099 |
| Parent Title (English): | Cognitive Neurodynamics |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| First Page: | 203 |
| Last Page: | 215 |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
| Release Date: | 2022/11/18 |
| Tag: | EEG; hearing aids; hearing loss; listening effort |
| Impact: | 02.000 (2017) |
| Funding Information: | DFG-Grant STR 994/1-1, BMBF-Grant 03FH036I3, and BMBF-Grant 03FH004IN3 |
| Scientific Units: | Fellow |
| DDC classes: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
| Open Access: | Open Access |
| Signature: | INM 2017/125 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
