01893caa a2200169   4500008004100000022001400041100002200055245014800077260000900225300001200234490002400246520126000270653008401530700001901614773004001633856005001673210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a1708-8186  aPrashanth Prabhu  0aEffectiveness of low-cut modified amplification strategy and channel-free hearing aid in individuals with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder  c2017  a759-766  vVolume 56  Issue 10  aObjective: The present study attempted to compare the aided benefit using low-cut modified amplification and channel-free hearing aids in individuals with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD). It was also attempted to determine these effects in good and poor performers with ANSD. Design: Cross-sectional within group pretest, post-test design. Study sample: Twenty-five individuals with acquired ANSD were selected for the study. The study sample included 11 males and 14 females between the age ranges of 17–40 years (mean age of 24.6 years). Results: The results of the repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that aided benefit was significantly higher with the channel-free hearing aid. Mixed ANOVA results showed that the improvement was more in good performers than poor performers with ANSD. Multiple regression analyses showed that speech identification scores are a strong predictor of aided benefit. Conclusions: The results of the present study suggest that channel-free hearing aids and low-cut modified amplification can be used as an efficient alternative technique during hearing aid fitting for individuals with ANSD. However, further evidence-based studies on a larger group are essential to validate the results.  aHearing aids, behavioural measures, hearing aid satisfaction, speech perception  aAnimesh Barman  aInternational Journal of Audiology   uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2017.1323123