[Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the recruitment (III)]. / Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre el reclutamiento (III).

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the recruitment coefficient in a sample of 48 patients who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvement of the recruitment coefficient expressed in percentage is a 7.7498%, which comes up to 23.5249% in the case of a binaural recruitment coefficient. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise reduces the recruitment. That is to say, the decrease of the recruitment in high intensities both binaurally and in all ears.

[Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the pain threshold and pure tone thresholds]. / Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre la algiacusia y los umbrales tonales (IV).

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the total auditory threshold (UAt), the conversational auditory threshold (UAc), and the pain threshold (Ud) in a sample of 48 patients, who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvements of the variables expressed in percentage are 0.78% for the UAt, 0.64% for the UAc, and 5.31% for the Ud. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise does not modify the pure tone thresholds, but it moves the pain threshold towards higher intensities, enlarging the dynamic auditory field.

[Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the verbal discrimination]. / Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre la discriminación verbal (II).

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the verbal reception threshold URV), the maximum discrimination (Dmax), and the discrimination coefficient (Kd) in a sample of 48 patients, who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvements of the verbal discrimination variables expressed in percentage are 4.23% for the URV, a 9.04% for the kd, a 17.87% for the Dmax, and 4.32%, 10.05%, 13.04% for the binaural URV, Kd and Dmax respectively. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise improves the verbal discrimination measures. Not only it allows to reach the verbal reception threshold at a lower intensity, but also it moves the discrimination line towards the left. Furthermore, it increases the maximum discrimination both in binaural measurements and in those which consider all the ears.

[Auditory training with wide-band white noise]. / Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha.

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band modified noise which we will call "K-noise". The auditory trainer GAES 100 KT is a voice amplifier device with earphone outlets. It incorporates a wide-band noise generator which produces a noise that is a mixture of all the audibles frequencies. Therefore, it stimulates all the sensory cells in the organ of Corti, but from 1000 Hz it has a progressive fall towards the high pitch of 6 db per octave. This device consists of a series of controls which make possible to apply both the noise and the phonetic materials--texts and words lists that the therapist's voice presents--to either one of the ears or to both of them, in different intensities and for different periods of time. In this first article of our study of the auditory training with wide-band white noise we will review the different methods of hearing training and present not only the basic concepts on auditory training, but also the systematic we have followed to apply it.

Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre la algiacusia y los umbrales tonales (IV) / Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the pain threshold and pure tone thresholds (IV)

El entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha es una metodología para la recuperación cualitativa de la pérdida auditiva en personas con hipoacusia neurosensorial basado en la aplicación de un ruido blanco de banda ancha modificado. Hemos valorado en un estudio prospectivo las modificaciones del umbral auditivo total (UAt), el umbral auditivo conversacional (UAc) y el umbral de dolor o algiacusia (Ud) en una muestra de 48 pacientes que han seguido un programa de 15 sesiones de entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha. Las mejorías medias de las variables expresadas en porcentaje son 0,78 por ciento para el UAt, 0.64 por ciento para el UAc, y 5,31 por ciento para el Ud. De nuestros resultados se concluye que el entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha no modifica significativamente los umbrales para los tonos puros, pero desplaza los umbrales de algiacusia hacia intensidades mayores ampliando el campo dinámico auditivo (AU)

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the total auditory threshold (UAt), the conversational auditory threshold (UAc), and the pain threshold (Ud) in a sample of 48 patients, who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvements of the variables expressed in percentage are 0.78% for the UAt, 0.64% for the UAc, and 5.31% for the Ud. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise does not modify the pure tone thresholds, but it moves the pain threshold towards higher intensities, enlarging the dynamic auditory field (AU)

Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre el reclutamiento (III) / Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the recruitment (III)

El entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha es una metodología para la recuperación cualitativa de la pérdida auditiva en personas con hipoacusia neurosensorial basado en la aplicación de un ruido blanco de banda ancha modificado. Hemos valorado en un estudio prospectivo las modificaciones del coeficiente de reclutamiento (Kr) en una muestra de 48 pacientes que han seguido un programa de 15 sesiones de entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha. Las mejoría media del coeficiente de reclutamiento expresada en porcentaje es del 7.7948 por ciento y para el coeficiente de reclutamiento binaural del 23.5294 por ciento. De nuestros resultados se concluye que el entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha disminuye el reclutamiento, considerando como tal la caída de la discriminación en intensidades elevadas, tanto binauralmente como considerando todos los oídos (AU)

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the recruitment coefficient in a sample of 48 patients who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvement of the recruitment coefficient expressed in percentage is a 7.7498%, which comes up to 23.5249% in the case of a binaural recruitment coefficient. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise reduces the recruitment. That is to say, the decrease of the recruitment in high intensities both binaurally and in all ears (AU)

Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha: efectos sobre la discriminación verbal (II) / Auditory training with wide-band white noise: effects on the verbal discrimination

El entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha es una metodología para la recuperación cualitativa de la pérdida auditiva en personas con hipoacusia neurosensorial, basado en la aplicación de un ruido blanco de banda ancha modificado. Hemos valorado en un estudio prospectivo las modificaciones del umbral de recepción verbal (URV), la discriminación máxima (Dmax), y el coeficiente de discriminación (Kd) en una muestra de 48 pacientes que han seguido un programa de 15 sesiones de entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha. Las mejorías medias de las variables de discriminación verbal expresadas en porcentaje son 4,23 por ciento para el URV, 9,04 por ciento para el Kd, 17,87 por ciento para la Dmax, y 4,32 por ciento, 10,05 por ciento, 13,04 por ciento para URV, Kd, y Dmax binaurales respectivamente. De nuestros resultados se concluye que el entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha mejora las medidas de discriminación verbal: permite que se alcance el umbral de recepción verbal a menor intensidad, desplaza hacia la izquierda la curva de discriminación, y aumenta la discriminación máxima, tanto en las mediciones binaurales como en las que consideran todos los oídos (AU)

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band white modified noise. In a prospective study, we have assessed the modifications of the verbal reception threshold URV), the maximum discrimination (Dmax), and the discrimination coefficient (Kd) in a sample of 48 patients, who have followed a program of 15 auditory training with wide-band white noise sessions. The average improvements of the verbal discrimination variables expressed in percentage are 4.23% for the URV, a 9.04% for the kd, a 17.87% for the Dmax, and 4.32%, 10.05%, 13.04% for the binaural URV, Kd and Dmax respectively. From our results, it can be deduced that the auditory training with wide-band white noise improves the verbal discrimination measures. Not only it allows to reach the verbal reception threshold at a lower intensity, but also it moves the discrimination line towards the left. Furthermore, it increases the maximum discrimination both in binaural measurements and in those which consider all the ears (AU)

Entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha / Auditory training with wide-band white noise

El entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha es una metodología para la recuperación cualitativa de la pérdida auditiva en personas con hipoacusia neurosensorial basado en la aplicación de un ruido de banda ancha modificado que denominaremos ruido K. El entrenador auditivo GAES 100 KT es un equipo de amplificación de la voz con salida por auriculares, que incorpora un generador de ruido de banda ancha que produce un ruido que es la mezcla de todas las frecuencias audibles y que, por tanto, estimula todas las células sensoriales del órgano de Corti, pero que a partir de 1000 Hz tiene una caída progresiva hacia los agudos de 6 dB por octava. El aparato consta de una serie de controles que permiten aplicar tanto el ruido K como el material fonético (textos y listas de palabras que pre- senta la voz del rehabilitador), a uno u otro oído o a ambos, a diferentes intensidades durante más o menos tiempo. En este primer artículo de nuestro estudio del entrenamiento auditivo con ruido blanco de banda ancha, revisamos los diversos métodos de entrenamiento de la audición, presentamos los conceptos básicos sobre entrenamiento auditivo, así como la sistemática que hemos seguido para aplicarlo (AU)

The auditory training with wide-band white noise is a methodology for the qualitative recovery of the hearing loss in people suffering from sensorineural hearing loss. It is based on the application of a wide-band modified noise which we will call "K-noise". The auditory trainer GAES 100 KT is a voice amplifier device with earphone outlets. It incorporates a wide-band noise generator which produces a noise that is a mixture of all the audibles frequencies. Therefore, it stimulates all the sensory cells in the organ of Corti, but from 1000 Hz it has a progressive fall towards the high pitch of 6 db per octave. This device consists of a series of controls which make possible to apply both the noise and the phonetic materials--texts and words lists that the therapist's voice presents--to either one of the ears or to both of them, in different intensities and for different periods of time. In this first article of our study of the auditory training with wide-band white noise we will review the different methods of hearing training and present not only the basic concepts on auditory training, but also the systematic we have followed to apply it (AU)