Relations between auditory functions in impaired hearing. 1983

J M Festen, and R Plomp

Relations between auditory functions, as expressed by coefficients of correlation, were studied for a group of 22 sensorineurally hearing-impaired subjects with moderate losses. In addition to the audiogram, we measured frequency resolution, temporal resolution, and speech reception in quiet and in noise. Frequency resolution was derived from masking with comb-filtered noise and from the psychophysical tuning curve, for both paradigms in simultaneous and in nonsimultaneous masking. The critical ratio was also determined. Temporal resolution was determined with intensity-modulated noise and from backward and forward masking. All tests were performed at 1000 Hz. Correlations among tests were gathered in a matrix and subjected to a principal-components analysis. It turned out that tests on frequency resolution form a cluster, and are approximately independent of audiometric loss. Furthermore, hearing loss for speech in noise is closely allied to frequency resolution, whereas hearing loss for speech in quiet is governed by audiometric loss.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010470 Perceptual Masking The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness. Masking, Perceptual,Maskings, Perceptual,Perceptual Maskings
D010898 Pitch Perception A dimension of auditory sensation varying with cycles per second of the sound stimulus. Perception, Pitch,Perceptions, Pitch,Pitch Perceptions
D005260 Female Females
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
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
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001307 Auditory Perception The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism. Auditory Processing,Perception, Auditory,Processing, Auditory

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