Effects of Amplification and Hearing Aid Experience on the Contribution of Specific Frequency Bands to Loudness

Conclusions: The high frequencies seem to dominate loudness perception in listeners with SNHL using hearing aids as they do in listeners with NH. However, the results suggest that amplification causes high frequencies to have a larger contribution to overall loudness compared with listeners with NH. The contribution of the high frequencies to loudness did not change after an acclimatization period for the first-time hearing aid users. (Source: Ear and Hearing)

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