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Software-Based Hearing Profile Improves Hearing Aid Fitting Process

2018-09-12 Publication
Rosa-Linde Fischer, PhD, Maren Schuelke, BSc, Ronny Hannemann, PhD, Maja Serman, PhD

AudiologyOnline

The Connexx Hearing Profile provides numerous advantages for both patients and hearing care professionals. The consideration and use of individual information on the hearing characteristics results in a selection of patient-specific first fit prescriptions. In a real-world field study described in this article, the Hearing Profile was shown to be a valuable tool for hearing care professionals, not only by providing an individualized first fit with an appropriate target prescription, but also a means to leverage the cooperation between professionals and patients which results in improved fitting success.

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Rosa-Linde Fischer, Ph.D.

Rosa-Linde Fischer is a scientific audiologist at Sivantos GmbH. She specializes in research and optimization of hearing aid algorithms and gain prescriptions. She received her Ph.D. in Psychoacoustics from the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Prior to joining Sivantos in 2011, Dr. Fischer worked as a clinical audiologist.

Maren Schuelke, B.Sc.

Maren Schuelke has supported the R&D Audiology department of Sivantos GmbH since 2017 with the design and conduction of clinical trials as well as data analysis and scientific publications. She received her B. Sc. in Molecular Medicine from the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany and is currently enrolled for the M. Sc. in Cell and Molecular Biology.

Ronny Hannemann, Ph.D.

Ronny Hannemann, Ph.D., is a scientific audiologist at Sivantos GmbH since 2009. He specializes in research and optimization of hearing aid algorithms and gain prescriptions. He received his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Maja Serman, Ph.D.

Maja Serman is a scientific audiologist at WS Audiology. Her tasks include the development and optimisation of hearing aids related algorithms as well as clinical trials design. She has a diploma in engineering and a PhD in computational modelling of auditory processes. Ms. Serman was a guest researcher at the University of Bordeaux where she was involved in research on binaural hearing and auditory memory.