Lesica, NA;
(2018)
Why Do Hearing Aids Fail to Restore Normal Auditory Perception?
[Review].
Trends in Neurosciences
, 41
(4)
pp. 174-185.
10.1016/j.tins.2018.01.008.
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Abstract
Hearing loss is a widespread condition that is linked to declines in quality of life and mental health. Hearing aids remain the treatment of choice, but, unfortunately, even state-of-the-art devices provide only limited benefit for the perception of speech in noisy environments. While traditionally viewed primarily a loss of sensitivity, it is now clear that hearing loss has additional effects that cause complex distortions of sound-evoked neural activity that cannot be corrected by amplification alone. Here we describe the effects of hearing loss on neural activity in order to illustrate the reasons why current hearing aids are insufficient and to motivate the use of new technologies to explore directions for improving the next generation of devices.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why Do Hearing Aids Fail to Restore Normal Auditory Perception? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tins.2018.01.008 |
| Publisher version: | http://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | hearing loss, hearing aids, auditory system, speech perception |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10046439 |
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