OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Hearing is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants Show Emerging Spatial Hearing of Stationary and Moving Sound	55
Editorial: Cochlear Implants and Music	35
Two Tests for Quantifying Aided Hearing at Low- and High-Input Levels	30
Spectral Weighting of Monaural Cues for Auditory Localization in Sagittal Planes	27
Hearing Through Bone Conduction Headsets	23
Spatio-temporal Integration of Speech Reflections in Hearing-Impaired Listeners	22
Hearing Thresholds for Unscreened U.S. Adults: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012, 2015–2016, and 2017–2020	21
Attention Mobilization as a Modulator of Listening Effort: Evidence From Pupillometry	19
The Effect of Breathy Vocal Quality on Speech Intelligibility and Listening Effort in Background Noise	19
The Effect of Collaborative Triadic Conversations in Noise on Decision-Making in a General-Knowledge Task	18
Combining Cardiovascular and Pupil Features Using k-Nearest Neighbor Classifiers to Assess Task Demand, Social Context, and Sentence Accuracy During Listening	18
Perceptual Learning of Noise-Vocoded Speech Under Divided Attention	16
Objectively Measuring Audiovisual Effects in Noise Using Virtual Human Speakers	16
Predicting 9-Year Language Ability from Preschool Speech Recognition in Noise in Children Using Cochlear Implants	15
Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound?	15
Acoustic Realism of Clinical Speech-in-Noise Testing: Parameter Ranges of Speech-Likeness, Interaural Coherence, and Interaural Differences	13
On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users	13
Evaluating Selective Apical Electrode Deactivation for Improving Cochlear Implant Outcomes	12
Who Said That? The Effect of Hearing Ability on Following Sequential Utterances From Varying Talkers in Noise	11
Effect of Titrated Exposure to Non-Traumatic Noise on Unvoiced Speech Recognition in Human Listeners with Normal Audiological Profiles	10
Strength of Attentional Modulation on Cortical Auditory Evoked Responses Correlates with Speech-in-Noise Performance in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users	10
Effectiveness of Auditory Training in Experienced Hearing-Aid Users, and an Exploration of Their Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies	9
Benefit of Hearing-Aid Amplification and Signal Enhancement for Speech Reception in Complex Listening Situations	9
Classification of Acoustic Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation Using Electrocochleography	9
Safety and Early Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation of Nucleus Devices in Infants: A Multi-Centre Study	8

Preferred Strength of Noise Reduction for Normally Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners	8
Sound Source Selection Based on Head Movements in Natural Group Conversation	8
Susceptibility to Steady Noise Largely Explains Susceptibility to Dynamic Maskers in Cochlear Implant Users, but not in Normal-Hearing Listeners	8
Does Intraoperative Extracochlear Electrocochleography Correlate With Postoperative Audiometric Hearing Thresholds in Cochlear Implant Surgery? A Retrospective Analysis of Cochlear Monitoring	8
Repairing Misperceptions of Words Early in a Sentence is More Effortful Than Repairing Later Words, Especially for Listeners With Cochlear Implants	8
Comparing the Auditory Distance and Externalization of Virtual Sound Sources Simulated Using Nonindividualized Stimuli	8
Evaluation of deep marginal feedback cancellation for hearing aids using speech and music	7
Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task	7
Listening Effort in Quiet and Noisy Environments in the Daily Life of Adults With Hearing Aids: An Extended Version of the Effort Assessment Scale (EEAS)	7
Development and Validation of a Mandarin Chinese Adaptation of AzBio Sentence Test (CMnBio)	7
Challenging Times for Cochlear Implant Users – Effect of Face Masks on Audiovisual Speech Understanding during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
On the Effect of High Stimulation Rates on Temporal Loudness Integration in Cochlear Implant Users	7
Estimating Pitch Information From Simulated Cochlear Implant Signals With Deep Neural Networks	6
Measuring and Modeling Cue Dependent Spatial Release from Masking in the Presence of Typical Delays in the Treatment of Hearing Loss	6
A Step Toward Precision Audiology: Individual Differences and Characteristic Profiles From Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities	6
Assessing Speech Audibility via Syllabic-Rate Neural Responses in Adults and Children With and Without Hearing Loss	6
Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans	6
How Does Inattention Influence the Robustness and Efficiency of Adaptive Procedures in the Context of Psychoacoustic Assessments via Smartphone?	6
U.S. Population Data on Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Hearing-Aid Use in Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007–2018	6
Feasibility of Diagnosing Dead Regions Using Auditory Steady-State Responses to an Exponentially Amplitude Modulated Tone in Threshold Equalizing Notched Noise, Assessed Using Normal-Hearing Participa	5
(Why) Do Transparent Hearing Devices Impair Speech Perception in Collocated Noise?	5
Baseline pupil size encodes task-related information and modulates the task-evoked response in a speech-in-noise task	5
Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids	5
Remixing Preferences for Western Instrumental Classical Music of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users	5
Alpha-Band Dynamics of Hearing Aid Wearers Performing the Repeat-Recall Test (RRT)	5
Visually biased Perception in Cochlear Implant Users: A Study of the McGurk and Sound-Induced Flash Illusions	5
Assessment of Speech Processing and Listening Effort Associated With Speech-on-Speech Masking Using the Visual World Paradigm and Pupillometry	5
Visual Speech Improves Older and Younger Adults’ Response Time and Accuracy for Speech Comprehension in Noise	5
The Concurrent OLSA Test: A Method for Speech Recognition in Multi-talker Situations at Fixed SNR	5
Validation of a Self-Fitting Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Intervention Compared with a Clinician-Fitted Hearing Aid Intervention: A Within-Subjects Crossover Design Using the Same Device	5
Performance in an Audiovisual Selective Attention Task Using Speech-Like Stimuli Depends on the Talker Identities, But Not Temporal Coherence	5
Perceptual Matching of Room Acoustics for Auditory Augmented Reality in Small Rooms - Literature Review and Theoretical Framework	5
Comprehensive Measurements and Analyses of Ear Canal Geometry From Late Infancy Through Late Adulthood: Age-Related Variations and Implications for Basic Science and Audiological Measurements	5
Some Considerations for the Use of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) as a Hearing-Aid Outcome Measure	5
Corrigendum	5
Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished	5
Comparing Fixed and Individualized Channel Interaction Coefficients for Speech Perception With Dynamic Focusing Cochlear Implant Strategies	5
Closedness of Acoustic Coupling and Audiological Measures Are Associated with Individual Speech-in-Noise Benefit From Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids	5