Objectives: Listening-related fatigue can be a significant problem for adults who struggle to
hear and understand, particularly adults with hearing loss. However, valid, sensitive, and …

Audio burn-in, often referred to as the process by which audio equipment undergoes a
series of played sounds to achieve optimal performance, remains a topic of significant …

Objective Listening effort (LE) varies as a function of listening demands, motivation and
resource availability, among other things. Motivation is posited to have a greater influence …

Purpose: Listening-related fatigue is a potential negative consequence of challenges
experienced during everyday listening and may disproportionately affect older adults …

Knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of effortful listening could help to reduce cases of
social withdrawal and mitigate fatigue, especially in older adults. However, the relationship …

Building on research demonstrating the benefits of music training for emotional prosody
recognition in nontonal languages, this study delves into its unexplored influence on tonal …