Research to Support Use of Personal FM to Improve Classroom Listening (not sound field amplification)

Evaluation of Speech Recognition with Personal FM and Classroom Audio Distribution Systems
Study authors: Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., Mila Morais, Au.D., Sara Neumann, Au.D., Erin Schafer, Ph.D., Dr. Hans E. Mülder, Nathan Wells, B.Sc., Andrew John, Ph.D., and Mary Hudson, Ph.D. Journal of Educational Audiology vol. 19, 2013, pg 65-79 Child participants in study: 15 children with normal hearing (mean age: 8 years; range: 5-12 years of age), and 13 children with hearing loss (mean age: 9.5 years; range: 6-13 years of age). Comparison of speech perception of HINT sentences with: (1) no hearing assistance technology (personal hearing devices were worn), (2) fixed-gain, multiple-loudspeaker infrared CAD system: The Audio Enhancement Elite II, (3) Adaptive single-tower array digital CAD system: The Phonak DigiMaster (DM) 5000, (4) . Personal FM: The Phonak Dynamic MLxi personal FM system Conclusions:

