Skip to content
  • Projects
  • Publications
  • News
  • About us
    • Our team
    • PhD students
    • Eriksholm’s timeline
    • History of hearing aids
    • Partnerships
    • Contact us
  • Projects
  • Publications
  • News
  • About us
    • Our team
    • PhD students
    • Eriksholm’s timeline
    • History of hearing aids
    • Partnerships
    • Contact us
  • Projects
  • Publications
  • News
  • About us
    • Our team
    • PhD students
    • Eriksholm’s timeline
    • History of hearing aids
    • Partnerships
    • Contact us
  • Projects
  • Publications
  • News
  • About us
    • Our team
    • PhD students
    • Eriksholm’s timeline
    • History of hearing aids
    • Partnerships
    • Contact us
Back

Assessment of Listening-related Fatigue in Daily- Life (ALFi)

Dorothea Wendt

Principal Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Hamish Innes-Brown

Senior Research Manager

Eriksholm Research Centre

Jeppe Høy Christensen

Principal Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Andreea Micula

Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Alina Schulte

Postdoc

Eriksholm Research Centre

Cora Jirschik Caron

Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Alfi - Laboratory tests

Introduction

Hearing loss can have significant consequences beyond a reduction in audibility. For example, greater levels of fatigue are often experienced by people with hearing loss which is supposed to result from a greater drain of cognitive resources while listening. Furthermore, many hearing aid users report that they find it tiring and often difficult to listen for a whole day, despite a well-fitting hearing aid that ensures sound levels are comfortable and speech is easy to understand. Even though listening fatigue is a potential risk factor for predicting (mis)use of hearing aids, social isolation, and unhealthy ageing, there are no sufficient methods to assess listening-related fatigue in the hearing aid user’s everyday life. This project aims to assess and predict listening-related fatigue as it is experienced in everyday life of hearing–aid users. 

Aims

This project will advance our understanding of listening fatigue as it occurs in the real world, develop a predictive model of the experience of fatigue states, and suggest ways to mitigate fatigue in hearing-aid users. More specifically, this project will: 

1) Identify and compare markers of listening-related fatigue in laboratory settings as well as in real life and document the conditions under which fatigue is found in everyday life. 

2) Establish the measurement validity of different markers within individuals and investigate how intervention with HAs affects listening-related fatigue. 

3) Extend an existing computational model for predicting different states of cognitive fatigue from laboratory assessments to listening-related fatigue and investigate the causal influence of daily-life listening-related fatigue on general stress. 

In the project, work is carried out in parallel with field and laboratory studies, which are brought together in a common experimental framework. The latter must determine behavioral and physiological measures that are sensitive to changes in listening-related stress and fatigue.

Assessment of Listening-related Fatigue in Daily- Life (ALFi)

Methodology

Several studies will be performed both in laboratory settings to examine listening-related fatigue under controlled conditions as well as field settings to identify markers and self-reports of fatigue in the daily-life. Both settings will use common tests, methodologies and similar equipment and overlapping pools of participants, with functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS), which is a noninvasive optical imaging technique, and pupillometry added in the lab study. Based on the outcomes of those studies, a hybrid setup will be design and carried out that combines laboratory and field assessment of listening-related fatigue. Furthermore, epidemiological methods will be applied to investigate the strength of the causal influence of real-life listening conditions on general stress and specific listening-related fatigue. 

Publications

Loading...
Wendt, D., Hietkamp, R.K., Lunnger, T. (2017). Impact of Noise and Noise Reduction on Processing Effort: A Pupillometry Study. Ear and Hearing, doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000396 and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America vol. 141 (5)
Wendt, D., Koelewijn, T., Książek, P., Kramer, S. E., & Lunner, T. (2018). Toward a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of masker type and signal-to-noise ratio on the pupillary response while performing a speech-in-noise test. Hearing Research, 369, 67–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.05.006
Wang, Y., Naylor, G., Kramer, S. E., Zekveld, A. A., Wendt, D., Ohlenforst, B., & Lunner, T. (2018). Relations between Self-Reported Daily-Life Fatigue, hearing status, and pupil dilation during a speech perception in noise task. Ear And Hearing, 39(3), 573–582. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000000512
Pasta, A., Petersen, M., Jensen, K. J., Pontoppidan, N. H., Larsen, J. E., & Christensen, J. H. (2022). Measuring and modeling context-dependent preferences for hearing aid settings. User Modeling and User-adapted Interaction, 32(5), 977–998. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11257-022-09324-z
Christensen, J. H., Andersson, K. E., & Neher, T. (2022). Distinct influence of everyday noise on cardiovascular stress.  NOISE-CON Proceedings, 265(7), 242–247. https://doi.org/10.3397/in_2022_0038

Team

Dorothea Wendt

Principal Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Hamish Innes-Brown

Senior Research Manager

Eriksholm Research Centre

Jeppe Høy Christensen

Principal Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Andreea Micula

Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Alina Schulte

Postdoc

Eriksholm Research Centre

Cora Jirschik Caron

Scientist

Eriksholm Research Centre

Ingrid Johnsrude

Professor

The University of Western Ontario

Torsten Dau

Professor

DTU Hearing Systems

Matthew Apps

Associate Professor

University of Birmingham, School of Psychology

Trine-Flensborg Madsen

Professor

KU Public Health, Section of Environmental Health

Naja Hulvej Rod

Professor

KU Public Health, Section of Epidemiology

View all

Partners

  • Hearing Systems section, Department of Health Technology – Technical University of Denmark 

  • The University of Western Ontario

  • University of Birmingham, School of Psychology

  • KU Public Health, Section of Environmental Health

  • KU Public Health, Section of Epidemiology

View all

You may also be interested in

Loading...
Ecophysiology of Hearing 
CURRENT
Ecophysiology of Hearing 
10303

Personalised Audiology

It is currently not possible to objectively measure and evaluate hearing outcomes in daily life. Th...
It is currently not possible to objectively measure and evaluate hearing outcomes in daily life….
HearEco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
FINALIZED
Hear-Eco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science

In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public healt...
In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public health and…
Listening Effort in the European population: a New innovative programme of research and training (LISTEN)
FINALIZED
Listening Effort in the European population: a New innovative programme of research and training (LISTEN)
3008

Cognitive Hearing Science

Hearing impairment is a leading cause of disability worldwide. As people age, their hearing ability ...
Hearing impairment is a leading cause of disability worldwide. As people age, their hearing ability…
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
CURRENT
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
4335,3008

Cognitive Hearing Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in...
Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in complex sound…
PUPILS: Evaluation of pupillometry as a diagnostic tool for hearing-aid fitting
CURRENT
PUPILS: Evaluation of pupillometry as a diagnostic tool for hearing-aid fitting
3008

Cognitive Hearing Science

Hearing loss not only reduces audibility but also impairs speech comprehension and increases cogniti...
Hearing loss not only reduces audibility but also impairs speech comprehension and increases cognitive demands…

You may also be interested in

Ecophysiology of Hearing 
CURRENT
Ecophysiology of Hearing 
10303

Personalised Audiology

It is currently not possible to objectively measure and evaluate hearing outcomes in daily life. Th...
It is currently not possible to objectively measure and evaluate hearing outcomes in daily life….
HearEco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
FINALIZED
Hear-Eco: Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures 
3008,1037

Cognitive Hearing Science

In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public healt...
In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public health and…
Listening Effort in the European population: a New innovative programme of research and training (LISTEN)
FINALIZED
Listening Effort in the European population: a New innovative programme of research and training (LISTEN)
3008

Cognitive Hearing Science

Hearing impairment is a leading cause of disability worldwide. As people age, their hearing ability ...
Hearing impairment is a leading cause of disability worldwide. As people age, their hearing ability…
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
CURRENT
Neural measures of Selective Auditory Attention for Assessment of Hearing Aid Technology 
4335,3008

Cognitive Hearing Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in...
Selective auditory attention is crucial for effective speech communication and social interaction in complex sound…
PUPILS: Evaluation of pupillometry as a diagnostic tool for hearing-aid fitting
CURRENT
PUPILS: Evaluation of pupillometry as a diagnostic tool for hearing-aid fitting
3008

Cognitive Hearing Science

Hearing loss not only reduces audibility but also impairs speech comprehension and increases cogniti...
Hearing loss not only reduces audibility but also impairs speech comprehension and increases cognitive demands…

People are our most
valuable source of
insights

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

Youtube

  • Eriksholm Research Centre
  • Rørtangvej 20
  • DK-3070 Snekkersten
  • Denmark
We are a part of Oticon, a world leader in hearing care. We share the same philosophy that people are our main source of insights
Bliv testperson
  • +45 48 29 89 00
  • mail@eriksholm.com
  • Cookie policy
  • Disclaimer

© 2025 Eriksholm – Designed by Aveo web&marketing

Manage consent to cookies
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service expressly requested by the subscriber or user, or solely for the purpose of transmitting a communication via an electronic communication network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is necessary to create user profiles for the purpose of sending advertisements or to track the user on a website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
Preferences
{title} {title} {title}