Noise Management Preferences During Long-Term Hearing Aid Usage and Their Relation to Audiologic Factors

Marianna Vatti, Takanori Nishiyama, Daisuke Suzuki, Peter Ihly, Chiemi Tanaka, Sébastien Santurette, Johannes Zaar, Søren Laugesen, Gary Jones, Tsubasa Kitama, Jürgen Tchorz, Kaoru Ogawa, Naoki Oishi, Tim Jürgens, Seiichi Shinden

Trends in Amplification

Published online on July 07, 2026

Abstract

Trends in Hearing, Volume 30, January-December 2026.
Preferences for advanced hearing aid (HA) noise management features, such as directionality and noise reduction (DIR + NR), differ significantly among users. Due to the lack of standardized clinical guidelines for fine-tuning these features, audiologists ...