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Ken Ito2025 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 149-169
Published: April 28, 2025
Released on J-STAGE: May 13, 2025
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSAs to “research”, we currently have an image of hard work, such as conducting experiments “like a horse” or collecting a large number of case data in order to publish papers. This kind of behavior is based on the “Performance-Oriented System” justified in so-called “Globalism”, which is currently accepted by the society. On the other hand, in ancient times, “research” seems to have meant work done by relaxed scholars, done with interest passion and a sense of fun, without making haste. The author appreciates the attitude of “Steady and Long-Lasting” research, in which “collecting fruits by oneself” is not mandatory, and the work could be handed over to successors if necessary. This article is a summary of contents of the Educational Lecture entitled “Steady and Long-Lasting Research-its characteristics and relation to ethics and COI”, delivered by the author himself at the 69th Academic Meeting in 2024.View full abstractDownload PDF (4806K)
A special issue for the main subjects The 69th congress of Japan Audiological Society
“Steady and Long-Lasting Research in Audiology”
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Hiroshi Hidaka, Mari Ito, Sho Kanzaki, Mariko Takahashi, Atsuko Nakano ...2025 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 170-180
Published: April 28, 2025
Released on J-STAGE: May 13, 2025
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe reviewed the trends of review articles, special issues on thematic subjects, and original articles published in Audiology Japan over the recent last 16 years. The number of review articles published in each 4-year unit during the 16-year period was around 20, with relatively unbiased topics selected with respect to both clinical and basic issues. Themes spanning multiple areas, such as the relationship with dementia and social support for hearing loss, were also included. Among the original articles, the special issue on the subject abstract was based on the theme planned for the scientific meeting. The percentage of abstracts published as papers relative to the number of abstracts presented at conferences decreased from 23%-31% until 2019 to 8% (6/73) in 2020-23. On the other hand, the number of original papers based on the usual submission channels remained stable at about 80 papers per four-year unit, with an increasing trend in the areas of rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment and aural rehabilitation.View full abstractDownload PDF (973K)
Original articles
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Kaito Suzuki, Kayoko Kabaya, Mariko Takahashi, Shinichi IwasakiArticle type: Original articles
2025 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 181-188
Published: April 28, 2025
Released on J-STAGE: May 13, 2025
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSPurpose: To investigate factors contributing to hearing difficulties among tinnitus patients with normal hearing.
Methods: Tinnitus patients with normal hearing were classified into two groups, a group “without handicap” and a group “with handicap,” based on the scores on the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults, and their characteristics were compared.
Results: Among 188 patients, 142 were classified into the “without handicap" group and 46 into the “with handicap" group. The “with handicap" group exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of cases (13 cases, 28.3%) with a difference of 5dB or more in the average hearing thresholds between the left and right ears as compared to the “without handicap" group (20 cases, 14.1%, p<0.05). Additionally, unilateral tinnitus was significantly more prevalent in the “with handicap" group (32 cases, 69.6%) than in the “without handicap" group (66 cases, 46.5%, p<0.01). The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory score was higher in the “with handicap" group (57 points) than in the “without handicap" group (28 points). Similarly, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale score was also higher in the “with handicap" group (16 points) as compared to the “without handicap" group (10 points) (p<0.001, each).
Conclusion: This study suggests that complaints of hearing difficulty among tinnitus patients with normal hearing are associated with hearing asymmetry, tinnitus asymmetry, tinnitus severity, depression, and anxiety.
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Ayaka Sato, Chie Obuchi, Masae Shiroma2025 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 189-195
Published: April 28, 2025
Released on J-STAGE: May 13, 2025
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe examined the listening abilities of people with listening difficulties (LiD) in spatialized noise environments with the use of headphones in 26 adults and 8 adults without LiD. The subjects were asked to repeat target sentences under four different conditions with and without sound localization and speaker voice cue and the results were compared. The results showed significant differences in the without LiD group depending on the presence or absence of cues. Results suggest that the tests conducted in this study are useful as an assessment of listening comprehension. Comparison of LiD and without LiD groups showed significant differences in three conditions. These results indicate that people with LiD have difficulties in listening accurately in a noisy environment even with the use of cues.View full abstractDownload PDF (489K) -
―Examination of relationship to stress or individual attributes―Chikashi KyanArticle type: Original articles
2025 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 196-204
Published: April 28, 2025
Released on J-STAGE: May 13, 2025
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of 60 parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants (D/HH) enrolled in kindergarten at a school for the deaf in the Kyushu-Okinawa region, regarding their parenting stress and the supports they need.
On the “social isolation” scale, stress tended to decrease as the children's age increased, suggesting that the support functions provided by school for the deaf and developmental support centers play important roles.
Although the support needs of parents with D/HH vary widely, conditions related to the children and parents (e.g., multiple disabilities of children) may serve as indicators when considering the support to be provided. In addition, a certain relationship was found between parenting stress and the support sought, suggesting that it might be meaningful to quantify the stresses that the parents are under and to consider while considering how support should be provided.View full abstractDownload PDF (476K) -
Kei Sakamoto, Chie Obuchi, Tetsuaki Kawase, Yayoi Yamamoto, Yuka Sasam ...Article type: Original articles
2025 Volume 68 Issue 2 Pages 205-210
Published: April 28, 2025
Released on J-STAGE: May 13, 2025
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSIn this study, we investigated a novel method for the assessment of adults with Listening Difficulties (LiD). The subjects included 16 subjects each in the LiD and normal hearing groups. We administered the a dichotic listening test under two conditions, normal and rapid speech rates, to the subjects.
The results showed that in both groups, the speech perception score was significantly lower in the rapid rate condition than in the normal rate condition. In addition, the LiD group showed a significantly reduced speech perception score under both the speech rate conditions as compared with the normal hearing group, although the difference was not significant.
In the present study, the test was made more difficult by increasing the speech rate. However, we found no difference in the speech perception scores between the LiD and normal hearing groups, and it is not possible at this time to establish this method an evaluation method to clarify the features of LiD. Further testing of the method in the future is necessary.View full abstractDownload PDF (448K)
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