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TV Listening and Hearing Aids

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1.  What percentage of HA owners have trouble understanding things on TV, based on MarkeTrak9 data? 15% 78% 50% 86% None of the above

2.  Nielsen (2015) reported that American adults of ages 50+ spend on average how much time per day watching TV? 6 hours 45 minutes 5 hours 30 minutes 4 hours 50 minutes 7 hours 10 minutes None of the above

3.  What factors contribute to difficulty with TV understanding? The factors specific to the listener (cognitive ability, closure skills) The environment in which someone is watching TV The type of TV Hearing aid settings All of the above

4.  What is the average room size for people watching TV, based on the TV Listening survey data? 100 Sq feet 200 Sq feet 300 Sq feet 60 Sq feet None of the above

5.  What type of speakers are most commonly used for TV listening for both non-hearing aid users and hearing aid users? External loudspeakers Headphones or TV ears Induction loop TV to hearing aid streamer None of the above

6.  What percentage of listeners utilize closed captions? 25% 50% 58% 65% None of the above

7.  What was the goal of the first TV Listening Experiment at PARC? Understand what settings in the TV were best for TV listening through streaming Understand what settings in the hearing aid were best for TV listening through TV speakers in soundfield Understand what settings in the hearing aid were best for TV listening through streaming Understand what settings in the TV were best for hearing aid users None of the above

8.  What setting did hearing aid users like best for speech intelligibility in the first TV Listening study? EchoBlock Speech in Noise Real Ear Sound AutoSense OS None of the above

9.  What method was used to collect subjective sound quality data for all three studies? Paired Comparisons One-Way ANOVA HASQI "MUSHRA" None of the above

10.  What setting was preferred for sound quality of music and effects? Slow amplitude compression Fast amplitude compression EchoBlock Real Ear Sound None of the above