2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Accommodation and evaluation of binaural amplification for children with hearing impairment
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22330258
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Special needs education
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| Research Institution | Yokohama National University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAGAWA Tatsuo 横浜国立大学, 教育人間科学部, 教授 (00164137)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SATO Masayuki 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育研究支援センター, 教授 (50222021)
TAKAHASHI Masahiro 横浜市立大学, 医学部付属病院, 助教 (50315800)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 聴覚障害 / 補聴器 / 両耳装用 / 音源定位 |
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| Research Abstract |
A series of studies were conducted to examine the effects on sound localization and speech recognition in noise for individuals with/without hearing loss when they were provided with binaural amplification. Results demonstrated improvement in both sound localization abilities and speech recognition in noise. Additional work examined the relationship between sound localization and sound spatial recognition. Results of this work have led to the development of questionnaires to examine the effects of binaural amplification provision for school-aged children. Future work will be conducted to validate the questionnaire on school-aged children with hearing impairment.
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