Transfer project:
Balancing loudness and speech intelligibility in hearing aid fitting for better care in everyday life
The aim of the project is to transfer findings from the Oldenburg hearing research into the fitting methods for hearing aids in order to make the fitting process more efficient, simpler and more effective in everyday life.
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About the project
Sub-project 1: Definition and prediction of individual care success
Accompanying the research in the EFRE project IMFIT, the previously separate dimensions of loudness perception and speech intelligibility are being merged into a common target variable for individual success with hearing aids.
Sub-project 2: Integrative fitting procedure for high initial treatment success
Based on data, a fitting procedure for hearing aids is to be developed that provides an optimal initial setting for the target value developed in subproject 1.
Sub-project 3: Transfer possibilities through the combination of research hearing aid/mobile laboratory
Transfer of measurement methods established in the laboratory to a research hearing aid and mobile laboratory for measurements in individual everyday life to answer the question: Which scenarios are suitable for mapping individual everyday life in the fitting process and investigating the benefits of hearing aids in a way that is representative of everyday life?
Requirements analyses with hearing care professionals
To ensure a high level of practical suitability during development, requirements analyses are carried out with hearing care professionals during the individual sub-projects.
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Project partners
- Hörzentrum Oldenburg gGmbH
Project duration
February 2025 – December 2027