Hearing Aids and the Brain

听力损失是退伍军人中第二大常见的服务相关残疾， 以及与听觉系统老化相关的渐进性影响，提出了一个 有效的退伍军人护理的重要挑战。听觉康复通常包括 助听器作为一种手段，以提高听力，并允许获得重要的线索， 言语感知，这反过来又促进了成功的沟通和参与， 生活的心理社会方面。除了立即改善听力介绍了 助听器是一种特殊的助听器，它能有效地提高听力。 更高水平的听觉处理能力，如认知或其他所需的能力， 复杂的听力任务。长期效应的放大，也被称为驯化 相对于更直接的听觉相关效应，一 助听器使用后的行为和生理检查 可能有助于澄清扩大作为一种恢复办法的积极影响。 这项研究计划旨在确定以下两种药物的直接和长期影响： 使用电生理学和行为结果测量的助听器放大。的 这些措施的结合可能会导致重要的发现，以了解 助听器的使用方法例如，通过比较和 通过对比不同措施对助听器的影响，我们将更多地了解 生理学是满足和成功的基础。使用行为和 生理数据将提供更详细的个体差异视图， 助听器是一种特殊的助听器，它能帮助患者获得更好的听力。 损失

Hearing loss is the second most common service-related disability among Veterans, and together with the progressive effects associated with aging on the auditory system, presents an important challenge for effective Veteran care. Auditory rehabilitation commonly includes hearing aids as a means to improve audibility and allow access to important cues for accurate speech perception, which, in turn, promotes successful communication and engagement in the psychosocial aspects of life. In addition to immediate audibility improvements introduced by amplifying sound with a hearing aid, amplification has the potential to have long-term effects on higher level auditory processing abilities, such as cognition or other abilities required for complex listening tasks. Long-term effects of amplification, also known as acclimatization effects, are not well understood relative to more immediate audibility-related effects. A behavioral and physiological examination of the effects that are associated with hearing aid use may help to clarify the positive impacts of amplification as a rehabilitation approach. This research program sets out to establish both the immediate and long-term effects of hearing aid amplification using electrophysiological and behavioral outcome measures. The combination of these measures may lead to important discoveries into understanding the successful versus the unsuccessful hearing aid user. For example, by comparing and contrasting the effects of hearing aids on different measures we will understand more about the physiology that underlies satisfaction and success with amplification. Use of both behavioral and physiological data will provide a more detailed view of individual differences that contribute to receiving benefit from a hearing aid and may lead to more individualized treatment of hearing loss.