The relationship between speech discrimination ability and self‐assessed hearing‐handicap of adults with sensorineural hearing losses as a function of reverberation and noise

1976 ◽  
Vol 60 (S1) ◽  
pp. S124-S124
Author(s):  
D. Mason ◽  
C. W. Asp
Keyword(s):  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Ability ◽  
Hearing Handicap ◽  
The Relationship

Speech Discrimination in an Aging Population

1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Gruber Blumenfeld ◽  
Moe Bergman ◽  
Elliott Millner
Keyword(s):  
Test Scores ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Quiet Condition ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
Hearing Handicap ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Noisy Condition

The Rhyme Test of speech discrimination was used to study the relationship between speech discrimination scores and aging in 55 elderly adults. Test-retest reliability of the scores, the relationships of the scores obtained under test conditions of quiet and of competing noise, and the agreement between the scores and the subjects' self-estimate of hearing handicap in everyday listening situations were examined. Rhyme Test scores tended to decrease as age increased, particularly in the age group over 60, for the test in quiet as well as in noise. Correlations between test scores and aging were higher for the quiet condition than for the noisy condition. Test-retest correlations in the quiet condition were high, despite retest intervals as long as nine months. Subjects' self-estimates of hearing handicap correlated with their speech discrimination scores.

An Item-Difficulty Based Speech Discrimination Test

1971 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Margolis ◽  
Joseph P. Millin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Frequency Distribution ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Discrimination Test ◽  
Speech Discrimination Tests ◽  
Discrimination Ability ◽  
Poorly Differentiated

In an attempt to improve the differentiating ability of monosyllabic speech discrimination tests, two equivalent, 25-word test recordings with rectilinear distributions of item difficulty were constructed from W-22 Hirsh recordings. These lists and selected half lists of the standard W-22 recordings were then presented to 40 ears of listeners with losses ranging in severity from -10 dB to 60 dB (SRT) at sensation levels of 20, 30, 40, and 50 dB. Scores obtained with the new lists describe a less skewed frequency distribution than those obtained with the W-22 half lists. The new recordings were also more successful in differentiating between subjects with varying levels of sensorineural hearing losses, particularly between normal-hearing listeners and listeners with mild loss, who are usually poorly differentiated by W-22 tests. This was accomplished without resorting to deliberate distortion of stimulus words. These new recordings appear to have clinical usefulness in their ability to more accurately reflect differences in discrimination ability among listeners and particularly in their ability to reveal reduced discrimination in mild sensorineural hearing loss.

Relationships between Comfortable Loudness Levels for Speech and Speech Discrimination in Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1977 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judd Posner ◽  
Ira M. Ventry
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Sensation Level ◽  
Comfortable Loudness ◽  
The Relationship

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the sensation level selected as most comfortable for loudness and intelligibility, and the sensation level at which maximum speech discrimination is obtained. An articulation function was generated at five sensation levels for 45 subjects with sensorineural hearing loss. Speech discrimination scores were also obtained at sensation levels corresponding to most comfortable loudness levels for loudness and intelligibility. Results indicated that most comfortable loudness, at least under the conditions of the present study, does not appear to be the level at which maximum speech discrimination is obtained. Therefore, the use of comfortable loudness as a single sensation level for testing a subject’s maximum discrimination is not recommended at this time.

Hearing Impairment and Psychosis

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay M. Stein ◽  
Ole J. Thienhaus
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Psychotic Illness ◽  
Paranoid Ideation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Discrimination Ability ◽  
Experimental Subjects ◽  
Older Subjects ◽  
The Relationship

The study explores the relationship between hearing impairment and psychotic illness in twenty hospitalized patients (aged 55–77) using as controls twenty age-matched community-based older subjects with no psychiatric illness. All subjects received full psychiatric evaluations and comprehensive audiologic assessments. Data were analyzed by discriminant analysis and ANOVA. Experimental subjects were found to have significantly poorer unilateral pure tone average (PTA) and significantly poorer bilateral speech discrimination ability than control subjects. Patients with a mood disorder had poorer unilateral PTAs than controls, but did not exhibit significantly poorer speech discrimination. Subjects with specifically paranoid ideation were found to have significantly better left ear speech discrimination than nonparanoid subjects. Our data suggest that hearing impairment should possibly be considered a potential risk factor for the development of psychosis in the elderly.

Hearing loss in diabetics

1993 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Cullen ◽  
M. J. Cinnamond
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Deafness ◽  
Insulin Dosage ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
High Frequencies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insulin Dependent ◽  
Stapedial Reflex ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between diabetes and senbsorineural hearing loss has been disputed. This study compares 44 insulin-dependent diabetics with 38 age and sex matched controls. All had pure tone and speech audiometry performed, with any diabetics showing sensorineural deafness undergoing stapedial reflecx decat tests. In 14 diabetics stapedial reflex tests showed no tone decay in any patient, but seven showed evidence of recruitment. Analysis of vaiance showed the diabetics to be significantly deafer than the control population.The hearing loss affected high frequencies in both sexes, but also low frequencies in the male. Speech discrimination scores showed no differences. Further analysis by sex showed the males to account for most of the differences. Analysys of the audiograms showered mostly a high tone loss. Finally duration of disbetes, insulin dosage and family history of diabtes were not found to have a significant effect on threshold.

scholarly journals A Prognostic Marker in Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Serum Calprotectin

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
İhsan Kuzucu ◽  
Tuba Çandar ◽  
Deniz Baklacı ◽  
İsmail Güler ◽  
Rauf Oğuzhan Kum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Historical Cohort ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives. Calprotectin, a protein released by neutrophils, has been used in many studies as a biomarker showing the presence of inflammation. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between serum calprotectin level and response to the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL).Methods. The present study is a prospective, cross-sectional historical cohort study. The study group consisted of 44 patients with ISSHL, and the control group consisted of 41 healthy volunteers without ear pathology. At the same time, patients in the study group were divided into three groups according to the response to ISSHL treatment (recovered, partially recovered, unrecovered). The relationship between the groups was statistically evaluated in terms of serum calprotectin levels.Results. The mean serum calprotectin value was 75.67±19.48 ng/mL in the study group and 50.24±29.14 ng/mL in the control group (<i>P</i>=0.001). Serum calprotectin value according to the severity of hearing loss in the mild, moderate and severe was 66.20±8.82, 70.35±16.77, and 91.23±19.73 ng/mL, respectively. Serum calprotectin value in the severe group was significantly higher compared to the moderate and mild groups (<i>P</i>=0.004, <i>P</i>=0.001, respectively). Serum calprotectin value according to the treatment response in the recovered, partially recovered and unrecovered groups was 63.36±11.54, 80.17±12.06, and 85.33±22.33 ng/mL, respectively. Serum calprotectin value in the recovered group was significantly lower compared to the partially recovered and unrecovered groups (<i>P</i>=0.002, <i>P</i>=0.001, respectively).Conclusion. Serum calprotectin value informs the clinician about both the severity of hearing loss and the response to treatment. Hence, serum calprotectin can be used as an important biomarker in ISSHL patients for the determination of the prognosis of disease.

scholarly journals The Vibrant Soundbridge

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-149
Author(s):  
Ashutosh G Pusalkar
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Vibrant Soundbridge ◽  
Hearing Improvement ◽  
Electronic Engineer

Abstract Till about 15 years ago, the only choice of hearing improvement for moderate sensorineural hearing loss with severe speech discrimination defect was a hearing aid. It was only after Mr. Geoff Ball, an electronic engineer who was suffering from a similar defect, started thinking of an alternative to the conventional hearing aid that the Vibrant Soundbridge came into existence, and with the passage of time the indications for the use of the same have increased.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Vestibular Neuritis, and Infection With COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeid Aarabi ◽  
Nasrin Yazdani ◽  
Javad Fakhri ◽  
Vida Rahimi ◽  
Parsa Cheraghipour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Sudden Hearing Loss ◽  
Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Vestibular Neuritis ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pcr Test

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sudden sensorineural hearing loss, vestibular neuritis, and infection with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: In this study, a total of 56 Iranians (32 females and 24 males) with a Mean±SD age of 45.12±14 years were studied in Tehran City, Iran. Individuals diagnosed with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) or vestibular neuritis based on definitive diagnostic criteria were included in the study. The methodology comprised four sections of underlying Sudden Hearing Loss,, auditory and vestibular inspection, SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test, and statistical analysis. Also, the videonystagmography test was used in participants with vertigo to diagnose vestibular neuritis. Pure tone audiometry confirmed SSNHL in some patients with a complaint of hearing loss. Furthermore, tuning fork, Rinne and Weber tests were also performed. Results: The results of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in 56 subjects showed that eight subjects (22.2%) with vestibular neuritis and two with SSNHL (10%) had a positive RT-PCR test. The Chi- square and Fisher exact-tests with a 95% confidence interval revealed no statistically significant (P>0.05) relationship between COVID-19 infection and vestibular neuritis or SSNHL. Conclusion: The present study showed no statistically significant relationship between audiovestibular disorders and positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test. However, the possibility of this relationship cannot be ruled out, and there is a need for studies with larger sample sizes.

The relationship between muscle discrimination ability and response to relaxation training in three kinds of headaches

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward B. Blanchard ◽  
Susan E. Jurish ◽  
Frank Andrasik ◽  
Leonard H. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Training ◽  
Discrimination Ability ◽  
The Relationship
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