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  • Title: Clinical evaluation of a new hearing aid anti-cardioid directivity pattern.
    Author: Mueller HG, Weber J, Bellanova M.
    Journal: Int J Audiol; 2011 Apr; 50(4):249-54. PubMed ID: 21271803.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate a new directional hearing aid algorithm which automatically adapts to an anti-cardioid pattern in background noise when a speech signal originates from behind the hearing aid user. DESIGN: Using the hearing-in-noise-test (HINT) in the soundfield, with the sentences delivered adaptively from the back (180°) and the standard HINT competing noise from the front (0°; 72 dB SPL), the participants were tested for three different hearing aid conditions: omnidirectional, conventional adaptive directional, and adaptive directional with the anti-cardioid algorithm enabled. STUDY SAMPLE: Adults (n = 21) with bilaterally symmetrical downward sloping sensorineural hearing loss; experienced hearing aid users and aided bilaterally for experimental testing. RESULTS: Results revealed a significant effect for the hearing aid microphone setting (p < .0001), with a HINT mean RTS of 4.2 dB for conventional adaptive directional, -0.1 dB for omnidirectional, and -5.7 dB when the anti-cardioid algorithm was active. This was a large effect size (Cohen's f2). CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that the signal classification system steered the algorithm correctly, and that when implemented, the anti-cardioid polar pattern resulted in an improvement in speech recognition in background noise for this listening situation.
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