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Evaluating a Hearing Loop Implementation for Live Orchestral Music

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Live music creates a sense of connectedness in older adults, which can help alleviate the social isolation frequently associated with hearing loss and aging. However, most hearing-aid (HA) users are dissatisfied with the sound quality of live music and rate sound quality as important to them. Assistive listening systems are frequently independent of a user's HAs and fall short in tailoring to each individual's hearing loss. The …

Authors

McWeeny S; Trainor LJ; Armstrong S; Bosnyak D; Tawfik H; Bruce IC

Journal

Ear & Hearing, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 808–816

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

5 2025

DOI

10.1097/aud.0000000000001626

ISSN

0196-0202