More children with single-sided deafness (SSD) are receiving cochlear implants (CIs) due to
the expansion of CI indications. This unique group of pediatric patients has different needs …

Children who are typically develo** often struggle to hear and understand speech in the
presence of competing background sounds, particularly when the background sounds are …

Objectives: Children with hearing loss listen and learn in environments with noise and
reverberation, but perform more poorly in noise and reverberation than children with normal …

The main goal of the present research is to gain a better understanding of the consequences
of background noise on learning, with a specific focus on how noise may impair maths …

Objectives: Postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants (CIs) have difficulties with
perceiving differences in speakers' voice characteristics and benefit little from voice …

Adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients demonstrate a reliable relationship between spectral
modulation detection and speech understanding. Prior studies documenting this relationship …

Purpose Speech perception in noise is an everyday occurrence for adults and children alike.
The factors that influence how well individuals cope with noise during spoken …

Purpose The goal of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive and linguistic skills on
masked speech recognition for children with normal hearing in three different masking …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine age-and hearing-related differences in
school-age children's benefit from visual speech cues. The study addressed three …

Objectives: Masked speech recognition in normal-hearing listeners depends in part on
masker type and semantic context of the target. Children and older adults are more …