OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Hearing is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Spectral Weighting of Monaural Cues for Auditory Localization in Sagittal Planes	44
Two Tests for Quantifying Aided Hearing at Low- and High-Input Levels	27
Hearing Through Bone Conduction Headsets	26
Editorial: Cochlear Implants and Music	24
Combining Cardiovascular and Pupil Features Using k-Nearest Neighbor Classifiers to Assess Task Demand, Social Context, and Sentence Accuracy During Listening	22
Hearing Thresholds for Unscreened U.S. Adults: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012, 2015–2016, and 2017–2020	20
Attention Mobilization as a Modulator of Listening Effort: Evidence From Pupillometry	18
The Effect of Breathy Vocal Quality on Speech Intelligibility and Listening Effort in Background Noise	18
Spatio-temporal Integration of Speech Reflections in Hearing-Impaired Listeners	17
The Effect of Collaborative Triadic Conversations in Noise on Decision-Making in a General-Knowledge Task	16
Perceptual Learning of Noise-Vocoded Speech Under Divided Attention	15
On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users	15
Objectively Measuring Audiovisual Effects in Noise Using Virtual Human Speakers	15
Predicting 9-Year Language Ability from Preschool Speech Recognition in Noise in Children Using Cochlear Implants	14
Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound?	13
Effectiveness of Auditory Training in Experienced Hearing-Aid Users, and an Exploration of Their Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies	12
Benefit of Hearing-Aid Amplification and Signal Enhancement for Speech Reception in Complex Listening Situations	12
Strength of Attentional Modulation on Cortical Auditory Evoked Responses Correlates with Speech-in-Noise Performance in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users	12
Who Said That? The Effect of Hearing Ability on Following Sequential Utterances From Varying Talkers in Noise	9
Classification of Acoustic Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation Using Electrocochleography	9
Effect of Titrated Exposure to Non-Traumatic Noise on Unvoiced Speech Recognition in Human Listeners with Normal Audiological Profiles	9
How Does Inattention Influence the Robustness and Efficiency of Adaptive Procedures in the Context of Psychoacoustic Assessments via Smartphone?	8
Safety and Early Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation of Nucleus Devices in Infants: A Multi-Centre Study	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

On the Effect of High Stimulation Rates on Temporal Loudness Integration in Cochlear Implant Users	7
Susceptibility to Steady Noise Largely Explains Susceptibility to Dynamic Maskers in Cochlear Implant Users, but not in Normal-Hearing Listeners	7
Challenging Times for Cochlear Implant Users – Effect of Face Masks on Audiovisual Speech Understanding during the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
A Step Toward Precision Audiology: Individual Differences and Characteristic Profiles From Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities	7
Comparing the Auditory Distance and Externalization of Virtual Sound Sources Simulated Using Nonindividualized Stimuli	7
Preferred Strength of Noise Reduction for Normally Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners	6
Development and Validation of a Mandarin Chinese Adaptation of AzBio Sentence Test (CMnBio)	6
Evaluation of deep marginal feedback cancellation for hearing aids using speech and music	6
Corrigendum	5
Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans	5
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)	5
Estimating Pitch Information From Simulated Cochlear Implant Signals With Deep Neural Networks	5
U.S. Population Data on Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Hearing-Aid Use in Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007–2018	5
Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids	5
Baseline pupil size encodes task-related information and modulates the task-evoked response in a speech-in-noise task	5
Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task	5
Measuring and Modeling Cue Dependent Spatial Release from Masking in the Presence of Typical Delays in the Treatment of Hearing Loss	5
Assessment of Speech Processing and Listening Effort Associated With Speech-on-Speech Masking Using the Visual World Paradigm and Pupillometry	5
(Why) Do Transparent Hearing Devices Impair Speech Perception in Collocated Noise?	5
Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished	5
Visual Speech Improves Older and Younger Adults’ Response Time and Accuracy for Speech Comprehension in Noise	5
Sound Source Selection Based on Head Movements in Natural Group Conversation	5
The Concurrent OLSA Test: A Method for Speech Recognition in Multi-talker Situations at Fixed SNR	5
Assessing Speech Audibility via Syllabic-Rate Neural Responses in Adults and Children With and Without Hearing Loss	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
Alpha-Band Dynamics of Hearing Aid Wearers Performing the Repeat-Recall Test (RRT)	4
Performance in an Audiovisual Selective Attention Task Using Speech-Like Stimuli Depends on the Talker Identities, But Not Temporal Coherence	4
Evaluation of a Fast Method to Measure High-Frequency Audiometry Based on Bayesian Learning	4
Adapting to the Sound of Music — Development of Music Discrimination Skills in Recently Implanted CI Users	4
Listening Preferences of New Adult Hearing Aid Users: A Registered, Double-Blind, Randomized, Mixed-Methods Clinical Trial of Initial Versus Real-Ear Fit	4
Visually biased Perception in Cochlear Implant Users: A Study of the McGurk and Sound-Induced Flash Illusions	4
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	4
Revealing Perceptional and Cognitive Mechanisms in Static and Dynamic Cocktail Party Listening by Means of Error Analyses	4
Diagnosing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Sustained During Military Service Using Deep Neural Networks	4
Remixing Preferences for Western Instrumental Classical Music of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users	4
Comparing Fixed and Individualized Channel Interaction Coefficients for Speech Perception With Dynamic Focusing Cochlear Implant Strategies	4
Closedness of Acoustic Coupling and Audiological Measures Are Associated with Individual Speech-in-Noise Benefit From Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids	4
Perceptual Matching of Room Acoustics for Auditory Augmented Reality in Small Rooms - Literature Review and Theoretical Framework	4
Neural Decoding of the Speech Envelope: Effects of Intelligibility and Spectral Degradation	4