OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trends in Hearing is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Spectral Weighting of Monaural Cues for Auditory Localization in Sagittal Planes	65
Editorial: Cochlear Implants and Music	42
Reduced Eye Blinking During Sentence Listening Reflects Increased Cognitive Load in Challenging Auditory Conditions	34
Two Tests for Quantifying Aided Hearing at Low- and High-Input Levels	27
Children With Bilateral Cochlear Implants Show Emerging Spatial Hearing of Stationary and Moving Sound	24
Pupillary Responses During a Dual Task: Effect of Noise Attenuation on the Timing of Cognitive Resource Allocation	23
Spatio-temporal Integration of Speech Reflections in Hearing-Impaired Listeners	22
Hearing Through Bone Conduction Headsets	22
The Effect of Breathy Vocal Quality on Speech Intelligibility and Listening Effort in Background Noise	22
The Effect of Collaborative Triadic Conversations in Noise on Decision-Making in a General-Knowledge Task	20
Combining Cardiovascular and Pupil Features Using k-Nearest Neighbor Classifiers to Assess Task Demand, Social Context, and Sentence Accuracy During Listening	20
Hearing Thresholds for Unscreened U.S. Adults: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2012, 2015–2016, and 2017–2020	20
Acoustic Realism of Clinical Speech-in-Noise Testing: Parameter Ranges of Speech-Likeness, Interaural Coherence, and Interaural Differences	17
Attention Mobilization as a Modulator of Listening Effort: Evidence From Pupillometry	17
Objectively Measuring Audiovisual Effects in Noise Using Virtual Human Speakers	16
On the Feasibility of Using Behavioral Listening Effort Test Methods to Evaluate Auditory Performance in Cochlear Implant Users	16
Rapid Brain Adaptation to Hearing Amplification: A Randomized Crossover Trial of Personal Sound Amplification Products	14
Predicting 9-Year Language Ability from Preschool Speech Recognition in Noise in Children Using Cochlear Implants	13
Perceptual Learning of Noise-Vocoded Speech Under Divided Attention	13
Is Recognition of Speech in Noise Related to Memory Disruption Caused by Irrelevant Sound?	13
Evaluating Selective Apical Electrode Deactivation for Improving Cochlear Implant Outcomes	12
Minimum Audible Angle and the Acoustic Change Complex Elicited by Azimuthal Shifts in Low-Frequency Sounds: Effects of Age	11
Benefit of Hearing-Aid Amplification and Signal Enhancement for Speech Reception in Complex Listening Situations	11
Strength of Attentional Modulation on Cortical Auditory Evoked Responses Correlates with Speech-in-Noise Performance in Bimodal Cochlear Implant Users	10
Effectiveness of Auditory Training in Experienced Hearing-Aid Users, and an Exploration of Their Health-Related Quality of Life and Coping Strategies	9

Who Said That? The Effect of Hearing Ability on Following Sequential Utterances From Varying Talkers in Noise	9
Does Intraoperative Extracochlear Electrocochleography Correlate With Postoperative Audiometric Hearing Thresholds in Cochlear Implant Surgery? A Retrospective Analysis of Cochlear Monitoring	9
Classification of Acoustic Hearing Preservation After Cochlear Implantation Using Electrocochleography	9
Safety and Early Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation of Nucleus Devices in Infants: A Multi-Centre Study	9
Effect of Titrated Exposure to Non-Traumatic Noise on Unvoiced Speech Recognition in Human Listeners with Normal Audiological Profiles	9
Perception of Recorded Music With Hearing Aids: Compression Differentially Affects Musical Scene Analysis and Musical Sound Quality	8
How Does Inattention Influence the Robustness and Efficiency of Adaptive Procedures in the Context of Psychoacoustic Assessments via Smartphone?	8
Listening Effort in Quiet and Noisy Environments in the Daily Life of Adults With Hearing Aids: An Extended Version of the Effort Assessment Scale (EEAS)	8
Repairing Misperceptions of Words Early in a Sentence is More Effortful Than Repairing Later Words, Especially for Listeners With Cochlear Implants	8
Challenging Times for Cochlear Implant Users – Effect of Face Masks on Audiovisual Speech Understanding during the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Hearing Aid Use is Associated with Faster Visual Lexical Decision	8
Comparing the Auditory Distance and Externalization of Virtual Sound Sources Simulated Using Nonindividualized Stimuli	8
Preferred Strength of Noise Reduction for Normally Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners	8
On the Effect of High Stimulation Rates on Temporal Loudness Integration in Cochlear Implant Users	8
Previous Mental Load and Incentives Influence Anticipatory Arousal as Indexed by the Baseline Pupil Diameter in a Speech-in-Noise Task	7
Development and Validation of a Mandarin Chinese Adaptation of AzBio Sentence Test (CMnBio)	7
(Why) Do Transparent Hearing Devices Impair Speech Perception in Collocated Noise?	7
Evaluation of deep marginal feedback cancellation for hearing aids using speech and music	7
A Step Toward Precision Audiology: Individual Differences and Characteristic Profiles From Auditory Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities	7
Estimating Pitch Information From Simulated Cochlear Implant Signals With Deep Neural Networks	7
Susceptibility to Steady Noise Largely Explains Susceptibility to Dynamic Maskers in Cochlear Implant Users, but not in Normal-Hearing Listeners	7
Sound Source Selection Based on Head Movements in Natural Group Conversation	7
Assessing Speech Audibility via Syllabic-Rate Neural Responses in Adults and Children With and Without Hearing Loss	7
Measuring and Modeling Cue Dependent Spatial Release from Masking in the Presence of Typical Delays in the Treatment of Hearing Loss	6
Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids	6
Corrigendum	6
Assessment of Speech Processing and Listening Effort Associated With Speech-on-Speech Masking Using the Visual World Paradigm and Pupillometry	6
Some Considerations for the Use of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) as a Hearing-Aid Outcome Measure	6
Feasibility of Diagnosing Dead Regions Using Auditory Steady-State Responses to an Exponentially Amplitude Modulated Tone in Threshold Equalizing Notched Noise, Assessed Using Normal-Hearing Participa	6
Baseline pupil size encodes task-related information and modulates the task-evoked response in a speech-in-noise task	6
Perceptual Consequences of Cochlear Deafferentation in Humans	6
Visual Speech Improves Older and Younger Adults’ Response Time and Accuracy for Speech Comprehension in Noise	6
Comprehensive Measurements and Analyses of Ear Canal Geometry From Late Infancy Through Late Adulthood: Age-Related Variations and Implications for Basic Science and Audiological Measurements	6
Hearing Aid Amplification Improves Postural Control for Older Adults With Hearing Loss When Other Sensory Cues Are Impoverished	6
The Concurrent OLSA Test: A Method for Speech Recognition in Multi-talker Situations at Fixed SNR	6
U.S. Population Data on Self-Reported Trouble Hearing and Hearing-Aid Use in Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007–2018	6
Closedness of Acoustic Coupling and Audiological Measures Are Associated with Individual Speech-in-Noise Benefit From Noise Reduction in Hearing Aids	5
Performance in an Audiovisual Selective Attention Task Using Speech-Like Stimuli Depends on the Talker Identities, But Not Temporal Coherence	5
Comparing Fixed and Individualized Channel Interaction Coefficients for Speech Perception With Dynamic Focusing Cochlear Implant Strategies	5
Adapting to the Sound of Music — Development of Music Discrimination Skills in Recently Implanted CI Users	5
Diagnosing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Sustained During Military Service Using Deep Neural Networks	5
Visually biased Perception in Cochlear Implant Users: A Study of the McGurk and Sound-Induced Flash Illusions	5
Remixing Preferences for Western Instrumental Classical Music of Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users	5
Alpha-Band Dynamics of Hearing Aid Wearers Performing the Repeat-Recall Test (RRT)	5
Auditory Learning and Generalization in Older Adults: Evidence from Voice Discrimination Training	5
Estimating Cochlear Implant Users’ Sound Localization Abilities With Two Loudspeakers	5
Tonal Tinnitus Does Not Interfere with Tone Detection at the Tinnitus Pitch-Matched Frequency	5
Validation of a Self-Fitting Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Intervention Compared with a Clinician-Fitted Hearing Aid Intervention: A Within-Subjects Crossover Design Using the Same Device	5
Revealing Perceptional and Cognitive Mechanisms in Static and Dynamic Cocktail Party Listening by Means of Error Analyses	5
Evaluation of a Fast Method to Measure High-Frequency Audiometry Based on Bayesian Learning	5