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Effect of simulated hearing loss on speech sounds perception. 1988

J M Schear, and L L Skenes, and V D Larson

VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA 30910.

This study examined the effect of simulated hearing loss on the Speech-Sounds Perception Test (SSPT) performance of a sample of 24 young volunteers with normal hearing sensitivity. Bilateral air conduction thresholds were obtained on all participants. The SSPT was recorded on tape by a professional radio announcer. The tape-recorded stimuli were filtered through a calibrated audiometer and spectrum shaper to simulate two high-frequency losses. Results show a significant effect of simulated high-frequency hearing loss on SSPT performance. Clinicians are advised to exercise caution in attributing poor SSPT performance of their patients with suspected hearing loss solely to a central auditory processing deficit.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009483	Neuropsychological Tests	Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury.	Aphasia Tests,Cognitive Test,Cognitive Testing,Cognitive Tests,Memory for Designs Test,Neuropsychological Testing,AX-CPT,Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome,CANTAB,Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery,Clock Test,Cognitive Function Scanner,Continuous Performance Task,Controlled Oral Word Association Test,Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System,Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment,Hooper Visual Organization Test,NEPSY,Neuropsychologic Tests,Neuropsychological Test,Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test,Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status,Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure,Symbol Digit Modalities Test,Test of Everyday Attention,Test, Neuropsychological,Tests, Neuropsychological,Tower of London Test,Neuropsychologic Test,Test, Cognitive,Testing, Cognitive,Testing, Neuropsychological,Tests, Cognitive
D010700	Phonetics	The science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Speech Sounds,Sound, Speech,Sounds, Speech,Speech Sound
D011571	Psychoacoustics	The science pertaining to the interrelationship of psychologic phenomena and the individual's response to the physical properties of sound.	Psychoacoustic
D001925	Brain Damage, Chronic	A condition characterized by long-standing brain dysfunction or damage, usually of three months duration or longer. Potential etiologies include BRAIN INFARCTION; certain NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ANOXIA, BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; certain NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; metabolic disorders (see BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC); and other conditions.	Encephalopathy, Chronic,Chronic Encephalopathy,Chronic Brain Damage
D005260	Female		Females
D006316	Hearing Loss, High-Frequency	Hearing loss in frequencies above 1000 hertz.	Hearing Loss, High Frequency,High-Frequency Hearing Loss
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001308	Auditory Perceptual Disorders	Acquired or developmental cognitive disorders of AUDITORY PERCEPTION characterized by a reduced ability to perceive information contained in auditory stimuli despite intact auditory pathways. Affected individuals have difficulty with speech perception, sound localization, and comprehending the meaning of inflections of speech.	Acoustic Perceptual Disorder,Perceptual Disorders, Auditory,Auditory Comprehension Disorder,Auditory Inattention,Auditory Processing Disorder,Psychoacoustical Disorders,Acoustic Perceptual Disorders,Auditory Comprehension Disorders,Auditory Inattentions,Auditory Perceptual Disorder,Auditory Processing Disorders,Comprehension Disorder, Auditory,Comprehension Disorders, Auditory,Disorder, Acoustic Perceptual,Disorder, Auditory Comprehension,Disorder, Auditory Processing,Disorder, Psychoacoustical,Disorders, Acoustic Perceptual,Disorders, Auditory Comprehension,Disorders, Auditory Processing,Disorders, Psychoacoustical,Inattention, Auditory,Inattentions, Auditory,Perceptual Disorder, Acoustic,Perceptual Disorder, Auditory,Perceptual Disorders, Acoustic,Processing Disorder, Auditory,Processing Disorders, Auditory,Psychoacoustical Disorder