02772caa a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041100003800055245011700093260000900210270010200219270008900321270006500410300001200475490002100487520169600508653009002204700002802294700002302322700002102345773005702366856006302423942001502486999001702501210621s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2249-9571  aManikkuge Dumini Kavinga DeSilva  0aEffect of Multichannel and Channels Free Hearing Aid Signal Processing On Phoneme Recognition in Quiet and Noise  c2016  aDepartment of Disability Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.  aLecturer, Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore  aLecturer, Samvaad Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore  a248-257  vVolume 6 Issue 3  aIntroduction: Older  adults  with  sensorineural  hearing  loss  (SNHL)  find  it  difficult  to  understand speech especially, in noise. Hearing aid is one among the rehabilitative option available to them. Even with advent in hearing aid technology,adequatebenefit for hearing loss is a colossal challenge. It was hypothesized that channel free hearing aid improves the speech perception in presence of noise. Aim  &  Objective:To  document  consonant  identification  scores  (CIS)  and  sequential  transfer  of information from multichannel and channel free hearing aids, in noise. Materials  and  Methods:  Fourteen  participants  having  bilateral  sloping  SNHL  were  included.  Each participant was presented 21 syllablesin unaided and aided conditions (4 channels, 12 channels, and channel  free  hearing  aids)  at  quite,  +10  dBSNR  and  0dBSNR,  to  determine  CIS  and  sequential transfer of information. Results:  It  was  observed  that  signal-processing  strategies  did  not  significantly  affect  consonant identification at quiet condition. At +10 dBSNR and 0 dBSNR, significantly higher CIS was noted in channel  free  hearing  aid  than  compared  to  other  multichannel  hearing  aids.  In  addition,  the  total sequential transfer of information transmitted from channel free hearing aid was higher than compared to other strategies at quiet and  +10 dB SNR. However, it was observed  that 12 channels hearing aid was superiorly transferred the manner and voicing information than compared to other strategies.Conclusion:Channel  free  hearing  aid  is  a  feasible  alternative  to  multichannel  hearing  aidsfor listeners with sloping audiometric contours.  aChannel Free Hearing Aids, Multichannel hearing aids, Consonant Identification scores  aHemanth Narayan Shetty   aSuresh Thontadarya  aVishal Kooknoor   anternational Journal of Health Sciences and Research  uhttps://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.6_Issue.3_March2016/38.pdf  cFJASyFJAS  c17652d17652