Extended bandwidth nonlinear frequency compression in Mandarin-speaking hearing- aid users Wen-Hsuan Tseng, Dun-Lieh Hsieh, Wan-Ting Shih, Tien-Chen Liu Journal of the Formosan Medical Association DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.013 Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Mean pure-tone hearing thresholds of the participants (n=14). (A) Right ears; (B) left ears; (C) group averages. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association DOI: (10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.013) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Trial design. EB-NFLC=extended-bandwidth-nonlinear frequency compression; IOI-HA=International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids; MHINT=Mandarin Hearing in Noise Test; MMRT=Mandarin Monosyllable Recognition Test; NLFC=nonlinear frequency compression; NTUH = National Taiwan University Hospital. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association DOI: (10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.013) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Number of participants who correctly recognize all the test words containing the high-frequency consonants. EB-NFLC=extended-bandwidth-nonlinear frequency compression; NFLC=nonlinear frequency compression. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association DOI: (10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.013) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Result of Questions 1–7 on International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA), n=14. EB-NFLC=extended-bandwidth-nonlinear frequency compression; NFLC=nonlinear frequency compression. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association DOI: (10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.013) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Result of Questions 1–5 on Sound Quality Questionnaire, n=14. EB-NFLC=extended-bandwidth-nonlinear frequency compression; NFLC=nonlinear frequency compression. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association DOI: (10.1016/j.jfma.2017.01.013) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions