REAL-HEARING

Hearing loss is a widespread condition that makes listening more effortful, often leading to increased stress, fatigue, and social isolation. While most research on listening-related stress has been conducted in laboratory settings, this project investigates how hearing loss affects stress in daily life. Using a combination of physiological measurements and short questionnaires via a smartphone app, participants' stress responses and listening effort in real-world situations were monitored. This study aims to identify which lab-based measures best predict real-life listening stress, with the goal of improving clinical assessment, treatment strategies, and hearing aid design. Data were collected for ECG, ICG, pupillometry, skin conductance, accelerometry, EMA, Castor, and microphone recordings; both in the lab and during regular daily activities. . A total of 188 participants took part in the study (including a pilot study) with a wide range of hearing acuity; however, due to data collection issues such as logistics or data quality, complete datasets across all modalities were not available for every participant.

听力损失（Hearing loss）是一种高发病症，会使聆听过程更为费力，常引发应激水平升高、疲劳加剧及社交隔离。尽管当前多数与聆听相关的应激研究均在实验室环境中开展，但本项目旨在探究听力损失对日常生活中应激水平的影响。本研究通过智能手机应用程序结合生理指标测量与简短问卷的方式，对参与者在真实场景中的应激反应与聆听费力程度进行监测。本研究旨在明确哪些实验室测量指标可最优预测真实生活中的聆听相关应激，以期优化临床评估、治疗策略及助听器设计。本研究采集的数据涵盖心电图（ECG）、心阻抗图（ICG）、瞳孔测量数据、皮肤电导数据、加速度测量数据、生态瞬时评估（EMA）、Castor系统数据及麦克风录音，采集场景覆盖实验室与常规日常活动两种环境。本研究（含预实验）共招募188名参与者，其听力敏度范围跨度较大；但由于后勤保障、数据质量等数据采集相关问题，并非所有参与者都拥有所有测量模态的完整数据集。