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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Hearing Through Bone Conduction Headsets	90
Reduced Eye Blinking During Sentence Listening Reflects Increased Cognitive Load in Challenging Auditory Conditions	61
Spectral Weighting of Monaural Cues for Auditory Localization in Sagittal Planes	32
Pupillary Responses During a Dual Task: Effect of Noise Attenuation on the Timing of Cognitive Resource Allocation	25
Association of Tinnitus With Speech Recognition and Executive Functions in Older Adults	23
Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants Show Emerging Spatial Hearing of Stationary and Moving Sound	21
Editorial: Cochlear Implants and Music	19
Two Tests for Quantifying Aided Hearing at Low- and High-Input Levels	19
Combining Cardiovascular and Pupil Features Using k-Nearest Neighbor Classifiers to Assess Task Demand, Social Context, and Sentence Accuracy During Listening	18
The Effect of Collaborative Triadic Conversations in Noise on Decision-Making in a General-Knowledge Task	16
The Effect of Breathy Vocal Quality on Speech Intelligibility and Listening Effort in Background Noise	15
Objective Evaluation of a Deep Learning-Based Noise Reduction Algorithm for Hearing Aids Under Diverse Fitting and Listening Conditions	14
Attention Mobilization as a Modulator of Listening Effort: Evidence From Pupillometry	13
Hearing Thresholds for Unscreened U.S. Adults: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012, 2015–2016, and 2017–2020	12
Rapid Brain Adaptation to Hearing Amplification: A Randomized Crossover Trial of Personal Sound Amplification Products	11
On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users	11
Objectively Measuring Audiovisual Effects in Noise Using Virtual Human Speakers	10
Acoustic Realism of Clinical Speech-in-Noise Testing: Parameter Ranges of Speech-Likeness, Interaural Coherence, and Interaural Differences	10
Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound?	10
A Binaural Front End for Speech Intelligibility Models: Application to the Hearing-Aid Speech Perception Index (HASPI)	10
The Effect of Temporal Misalignment Between Acoustic and Simulated Electric Signals on the Time Compression Thresholds of Normal-Hearing Listeners	10
Evaluating Selective Apical Electrode Deactivation for Improving Cochlear Implant Outcomes	9
Perceptual Learning of Noise-Vocoded Speech Under Divided Attention	9
Who Said That? The Effect of Hearing Ability on Following Sequential Utterances From Varying Talkers in Noise	9
Voice Familiarization Training Improves Speech Intelligibility and Reduces Listening Effort	9

Classification of Acoustic Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation Using Electrocochleography	9
Benefit of Hearing-Aid Amplification and Signal Enhancement for Speech Reception in Complex Listening Situations	9
Masked-speech Recognition Using Human and Synthetic Cloned Speech	8
Minimum Audible Angle and the Acoustic Change Complex Elicited by Azimuthal Shifts in Low-Frequency Sounds: Effects of Age	8
Preferred Strength of Noise Reduction for Normally Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners	8
Safety and Early Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation of Nucleus Devices in Infants: A Multi-Centre Study	8
The Relation Between Sustained Listening Under Difficult Conditions and Behavioral, Subjective, and Physiological Indicators of Fatigue	8
Repairing Misperceptions of Words Early in a Sentence is More Effortful Than Repairing Later Words, Especially for Listeners With Cochlear Implants	8
Sweet-Spot Compression: An Amplification Strategy for Improving Listening Outcomes at Moderate to High Levels	8
Effectiveness of Auditory Training in Experienced Hearing-Aid Users, and an Exploration of Their Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies	8
Does Intraoperative Extracochlear Electrocochleography Correlate With Postoperative Audiometric Hearing Thresholds in Cochlear Implant Surgery? A Retrospective Analysis of Cochlear Monitoring	8
When the First Pulse Fades: 75% Reduction in Precedence Effect in Cochlear Implanted Rats	8
Long-Term Stability of Electrical Stimulation in Children with Bilateral Cochlear Implants	7
Evaluation of deep marginal feedback cancellation for hearing aids using speech and music	7
Perception of Recorded Music With Hearing Aids: Compression Differentially Affects Musical Scene Analysis and Musical Sound Quality	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
A Step Toward Precision Audiology: Individual Differences and Characteristic Profiles From Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities	7
Susceptibility to Steady Noise Largely Explains Susceptibility to Dynamic Maskers in Cochlear Implant Users, but not in Normal-Hearing Listeners	7
Hearing Aid Use is Associated with Faster Visual Lexical Decision	7
On the Effect of High Stimulation Rates on Temporal Loudness Integration in Cochlear Implant Users	7
Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task	7
How Does Inattention Influence the Robustness and Efficiency of Adaptive Procedures in the Context of Psychoacoustic Assessments via Smartphone?	7
Assessment of Speech Processing and Listening Effort Associated With Speech-on-Speech Masking Using the Visual World Paradigm and Pupillometry	6
(Why) Do Transparent Hearing Devices Impair Speech Perception in Collocated Noise?	6
Comparing the Auditory Distance and Externalization of Virtual Sound Sources Simulated Using Nonindividualized Stimuli	6
Assessing Speech Audibility via Syllabic-Rate Neural Responses in Adults and Children With and Without Hearing Loss	6
Estimating Pitch Information From Simulated Cochlear Implant Signals With Deep Neural Networks	6
Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans	6
U.S. Population Data on Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Hearing-Aid Use in Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007–2018	6
Some Considerations for the Use of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) as a Hearing-Aid Outcome Measure	5
Corrigendum	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
Integrative Modeling of Individual Differences Recognizing Speech in Noise by Hearing-Impaired Adults	5
Alpha-Band Dynamics of Hearing Aid Wearers Performing the Repeat-Recall Test (RRT)	5
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
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
Remixing Preferences for Western Instrumental Classical Music of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users	5
Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids	5
Altered Paired-Click Auditory Brainstem Responses in Normal-Hearing Young Adults With Frequent Loud Sound Exposure	5
Tonal Tinnitus Does Not Interfere with Tone Detection at the Tinnitus Pitch-Matched Frequency	5
Visually biased Perception in Cochlear Implant Users: A Study of the McGurk and Sound-Induced Flash Illusions	5