Flat-gain amplification fails for frequency-dependent hearing losses

Evidence

In short, a level corresponding to 60 dB SPL(C) free-field was selected as the presentation level to be used with NH test subjects. For the HI test subjects, it was then ensured that in each one-third octave band the RMS level of the stimulus was at least 15 dB above hearing threshold before pinna-cue shaping. The required gain was added by designing an IIR filter in the test software to shape the stimulus. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3052 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Broadband gain fails to compensate for non-flat hearing-loss audiograms; Simple loudness-compensation bass boosts cannot work for dynamic-range music — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 334; Reduced dynamic range forces nonlinear amplification to avoid over-amplifying loud sounds (+3 more)

Related

• Hearing-loss compensation boosts stimulus level 15 dB above threshold per band (similarity 0.88)
• Broadband gain fails to compensate for non-flat hearing-loss audiograms (similarity 0.88)
• Hearing-loss compensation for stimuli is capped beyond 9 kHz due to audiogram limits (similarity 0.86)
• Vintage hi-fi loudness buttons compensated imperfectly for low-level hearing loss (similarity 0.86)
• Compensating hearing-impaired listeners relies on incomplete audiogram data at extreme frequencies (similarity 0.84)
• Standard hearing-aid gain prescriptions may under-amplify high frequencies at low presentation levels. (similarity 0.83)
• Reduced dynamic range forces nonlinear amplification to avoid over-amplifying loud sounds (similarity 0.83)
• Simulated hearing loss isolates audibility from other hearing-loss effects (similarity 0.82)
• Averaging hearing loss across frequencies can mask serious impairment (similarity 0.82)
• Fixed presentation levels overestimate hearing-loss effects that sensation-level compensation removes (similarity 0.81)
• Reduced dynamic range makes linear hearing aid amplification unsafe (similarity 0.81)
• Amplification only compensates for elevated thresholds, not other perceptual deficits from hearing loss. (similarity 0.81)
• Hearing loss squeezes the full loudness range into a much smaller dynamic range (similarity 0.80)
• Frequency-specific hearing loss drives multi-band hearing aid processing (similarity 0.80)
• Hearing aid gain is capped by loudness discomfort before full audibility restoration is achieved. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Reduced dynamic range forces nonlinear amplification to avoid over-amplifying loud sounds #expands (0.85)
• Hearing-loss compensation boosts stimulus level 15 dB above threshold per band #expands (0.80) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3052
• Simple loudness-compensation bass boosts cannot work for dynamic-range music #qualifies (0.75) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 334
• Vintage hi-fi loudness buttons compensated imperfectly for low-level hearing loss #exemplifies (0.75)
• 1970s hi-fi loudness controls compensated for low-level hearing loss but were flawed #exemplifies (0.75)