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Primary symptoms: sounds or speech becoming dull, muffled or attenuated; need for increased volume on television, radio, music and other audio sources; difficulty using the telephone; loss of directionality of sound; difficulty understanding speech, especially women and children
Hoarseness is merely a subjective term to explain the perceptual quality (or sound) of a dysphonic voice. [25] While hoarseness is a common symptom (or complaint) of dysphonia, [23] there are several other signs and symptoms that can be present such as: breathiness, roughness, and dryness. Furthermore, a voice can be classified as dysphonic ...
difficulty understanding speech in the presence of background noise (cocktail party effect) sounds or speech sounding dull, muffled or attenuated; need for increased volume on television, radio, music and other audio sources; Hearing loss is sensory, but may have accompanying symptoms: [citation needed] pain or pressure in the ears; a blocked ...
Spatial hearing loss refers to a form of deafness that is an inability to use spatial cues about where a sound originates from in space. Poor sound localization in turn affects the ability to understand speech in the presence of background noise.
The effect of hearing loss on speech perception has two components. The first component is the loss of audibility, which may be perceived as an overall decrease in volume. Modern hearing aids compensate this loss with amplification. The second component is known as "distortion" or "clarity loss" due to selective frequency loss. [8]
Symptoms of spasmodic dysphonia can come on suddenly or gradually appear over the span of years. They can come and go for hours or even weeks at a time, or remain consistent. Gradual onset can begin with the manifestation of a hoarse voice quality, which may later transform into a voice quality described as strained with breaks in phonation . [ 6 ]
Auditory processing disorder (APD), rarely known as King-Kopetzky syndrome, is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting the way the brain processes sounds. [2] Individuals with APD usually have normal structure and function of the ear, but cannot process the information they hear in the same way as others do, which leads to difficulties in recognizing and interpreting sounds, especially the ...
Annoyance effects of noise are minimally affected by demographics, but fear of the noise source and sensitivity to noise both strongly affect the 'annoyance' of a noise. [42] Sound levels as low as 40 dB(A) can generate noise complaints [ 43 ] and the lower threshold for noise producing sleep disturbance is 45 dB(A) or lower.