Speech and spatial characteristics of hearing in older age groups using virtual reality technologies

Vladimirova T.Yu.; Kurenkov A.V.; Aizenshtadt L.V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/otorino20218601120

Vladimirova T.Yu.

Samara State Medical University

Kurenkov A.V.

Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Care

ORCID: 0000-0002-6617-1967

Aizenshtadt L.V.

Samara State Medical University

Speech and spatial characteristics of hearing in older age groups using virtual reality technologies

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Vladimirova T.Yu., Kurenkov A.V., Aizenshtadt L.V.

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Journal: Russian Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology. 2021;86(1): 20‑24

DOI: 10.17116/otorino20218601120

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Vladimirova TYu, Kurenkov AV, Aizenshtadt LV. Speech and spatial characteristics of hearing in older age groups using virtual reality technologies. Russian Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology. 2021;86(1):20‑24. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/otorino20218601120

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Abstract:

Spatial and speech characteristics of hearing are needed to monitor the rehabilitation of sensorineural hearing loss in patients of older age groups. Using the created «Program for the assessment of speech, spatial and qualitative characteristics of hearing using virtual reality» increases the level of hearing diagnostics using a computerized audiovisual script. The purpose of the study is a comparative analysis of the speech, spatial and qualitative characteristics of hearing before and after using virtual reality in patients of older age groups. The results of the study showed that with good tolerance of virtual reality in 48.3% of patients, the answers to the questions of the SSQrus-12 questionnaire for assessing the spatial and speech characteristics of hearing became more objective. The developed methodology supplemented the group of modern diagnostic methods for spatial and verbal hearing by immersing the patient in a virtual environment in the created audiovisual scenario.

Keywords:

spatial hearing

speech intelligibility

sensorineural hearing loss

virtual reality

Authors:

Vladimirova T.Yu.

Samara State Medical University

Kurenkov A.V.

Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Care

ORCID: 0000-0002-6617-1967

Aizenshtadt L.V.

Samara State Medical University

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17.02.2020

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30.04.2020

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