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Article: Sound quality considerations of hearing instruments: evidence for the importance of sound quality in hearing aids.(hearing science)
- Article from:
- The Hearing Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Sound is often characterized by its quality. The perceived quality may determine if we will listen to it and, if so, for how long. It's quite the same when individuals with hearing impairment wear hearing devices for the first time. The quality of amplified sound is likely to be perceived as "different" from the unamplified sound they're accustomed to hearing through compromised auditory systems.
Initial quality perceptions are often used by new hearing instrument wearers to form opinions and make decisions regarding perceived benefit of amplification and may impact the continued use of their hearing instruments. (1) Therefore, the sound quality perceived by the ...