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Relationships between speech recognition threshold, average hearing level, and speech importance noise detection threshold. 1992

T Letowski, and P Hergenreder, and H Tang

Pennsylvania State University, Department of Communication Disorders, University Park 16802.

The aim of this study was to determine (a) if the speech importance noise detection threshold (SINDT) could be used as an accurate estimator of speech recognition threshold (SRT), and (b) whether the SINDT correlates well with various measures of the pure-tone threshold average (PTA). Pure-tone threshold, SRT, and SINDT tests were administered to 94 adults with various degrees of hearing loss. The results demonstrated that SRT can be accurately predicted from SINDT and that these two are highly correlated (r = 0.97). Since a SINDT measurement takes less time than SRT determination, the SINDT test may be recommended as an alternative for SRT in some applications.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009622	Noise	Any sound which is unwanted or interferes with HEARING other sounds.	Noise Pollution,Noises,Pollution, Noise
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D005260	Female		Females
D006311	Hearing Disorders	Conditions that impair the transmission of auditory impulses and information from the level of the ear to the temporal cortices, including the sensorineural pathways.	Distorted Hearing,Dysacusis,Paracousis,Paracusis,Hearing Disorder,Hearing, Distorted
D006320	Hearing Tests	Part of an ear examination that measures the ability of sound to reach the brain.	Hearing in Noise Test,Quick Speech-in Noise Test (QuickSIN),Real Ear Measurement,Speech in Noise Hearing Test,Ear Measurement, Real,Ear Measurements, Real,Hearing Test,Measurement, Real Ear,Measurements, Real Ear,Quick Speech in Noise Test (QuickSIN),Real Ear Measurements,Test, Hearing,Tests, Hearing
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man