Karolina Kluk

TL;DR: Calculations of speech audibility using a modified version of the articulation index showed that application of the Cambridge formula was at least partially successful in making high-frequency components of the speech audible for subjects with dead regions, and that such subjects often failed to benefit from increased audibility of thespeech at high frequencies.

TL;DR: The results suggest either that noise‐induced cochlear synaptopathy is not a significant problem in young, audiometrically normal adults, or that the ABR and FFR are relatively insensitive to this disorder in young humans, although it is possible that the effects become more pronounced with age.

TL;DR: A fast method, using a band of noise that sweeps in centre frequency and a Békésy method to adjust the masker level required for threshold, gave PTCs with shifted tips, for both normally hearing and hearing-impaired subjects.

TL;DR: The present results provide no evidence that noise exposure is related to significant perceptual deficits in young listeners with normal audiometric hearing, and there were no strong correlations between electrophysiological measures of synaptopathy published previously and the behavioral measures reported here.

TL;DR: A diagnostic test for hidden hearing loss is a worthwhile goal, with important implications for clinical practice and health surveillance, but there are technical and practical hurdles and difficulties in interpretation.