Use of the California Consonant Test in evaluating hearing aids. 1986

B J Edgerton, and J L Danhauer, and F J Simmons

The California Consonant Test (CCT) was used to evaluate different hearing aids for twelve listeners with mild to moderate sensorineural hearing losses. The CCT was mixed with white noise at signal-to-noise ratios (S/Ns) of +30 (quiet), +15, +5, and O dB and presented through hearing aids for each listener; the quiet condition was retested. Significant differences were found between mean test scores for the high and low S/Ns. Intralistener hearing aid differences were found most frequently in the quiet condition. Truncation errors were frequent for the low S/Ns. These findings indicate that the sensitivity of the CCT is decreased rather than increased by mixing it with noise. Critical differences of 5% or more between hearing aids were more frequent as the S/N improved; the greatest number of differences occurred for the quiet condition.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D005260 Female Females
D006310 Hearing Aids Wearable sound-amplifying devices that are intended to compensate for impaired hearing. These generic devices include air-conduction hearing aids and bone-conduction hearing aids. (UMDNS, 1999) Ear Molds, Hearing Aid,Aid, Hearing,Aids, Hearing,Hearing Aid
D006319 Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hearing loss resulting from damage to the COCHLEA and the sensorineural elements which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the AUDITORY NERVE and its connections in the BRAINSTEM. Deafness Neurosensory,Deafness, Neurosensory,Deafness, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafness,Sensorineural Hearing Loss,Sensoryneural Deafness,Cochlear Hearing Loss,Hearing Loss, Cochlear,Deafnesses, Neurosensory,Deafnesses, Sensoryneural,Neurosensory Deafnesses,Sensoryneural Deafness,Sensoryneural Deafnesses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001299 Audiometry The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds. Audiometries
D013063 Speech Discrimination Tests Tests of the ability to hear and understand speech as determined by scoring the number of words in a word list repeated correctly. Discrimination Test, Speech,Discrimination Tests, Speech,Speech Discrimination Test,Test, Speech Discrimination,Tests, Speech Discrimination

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