scholarly journals Speech audiometry test in modern Greek language with sentence lists for hearing impaired children

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Κωνσταντίνα Κολούτσου
Keyword(s):  
Pure Tone ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Speech Audiometry ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Speech Reception ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Σκοπός: Σκοπός αυτής της μελέτης ήταν η ανάπτυξη της Δοκιμασίας -Τέστ, το G-SEBSAT τέστ, στην ακουστική ομιλία βασισμένο σε προτάσεις για παιδιά με προβλήματα ακοής.Μέθοδοι: Προσλήφθηκαν εβδομήντα έξι παιδιά κατόπιν έγκρισης από την τοπική επιτροπή δεοντολογίας και κατόπιν ενημέρωσης από τους γονείς τους. Η συλλογή του λεξιλογίου βασίστηκε στην προβολή εικόνων που επιλέχθηκαν από δημοφιλείς αναγνωστικές ύλες στα ελληνικά στα παιδιά με προβλήματα ακοής (Hearing Impaired-ΗΙ). Εκπονήθηκε μια γραμματική ανάλυση περιεχομένου για να προσδιοριστούν οι μέσες συντακτικές και μορφολογικές δομές των φράσεων που χρησιμοποιούνται από τα παιδιά της ΗΙ ομάδας . Δέκα λίστες που σχετίζονται με αντοίστοιχες εικόνες, δημιουργήθηκαν με βάση το λεξιλόγιο και τη γραμματική ανάλυση και καταγράφηκαν από έναν άνδρα ομιλητή με μητρική του γλώσσα την σύγχρονη ελληνική. Οι δέκα λίστες παρουσιάστηκαν σε παιδιά με κανονική ακοή (Normal Hearing-NH) και σε παιδιά με HI, ενώ και στις δύο ομάδες καταγράφηκε το μέσο όριο απόκρισης ομιλίας (Speech Reception Threshold-SRT) καθώς και η κλίση της καμπύλης SRT στο επίπεδο SRT των 50% σωστών αποκρίσεων (S50). Οι κατάλογοι καταγγελιών επικυρώθηκαν σε σχέση με τη μεταβλητότητα της δυσκολίας τους σε κάθε ομάδα, καθώς και με τη μεταβλητότητα δοκιμής-επανεξέτασης των αντίστοιχων βαθμολογιών SRT.Αποτελέσματα: Το μέσο όριο απόκρισης ομιλίας (SRT) σε όλες τις λίστες για παιδιά με ΗΙ ήταν 65,27 dB και η κλίση της καμπύλης SRT στο επίπεδο SRT των 50% των σωστών αποκρίσεων ήταν 3,11% / dB. Τα αντίστοιχα αποτελέσματα σε όλους τους καταλόγους για τα παιδιά με NH ήταν 17,66 dB και 9,7% / dB αντίστοιχα. Τα SRT των παιδιών με ΗΙ συσχετίστηκαν έντονα θετικά, με στατιστικά σημαντικό τρόπο με την μέτρηση ακουστικού τόνου (Pure Tone Audiometry-ΡΤΑ) τόσο στις δοκιμασίες όσο και στις δοκιμαστικές συνεδρίες (δοκιμασία: r = 0.750, Ρ <0.0005, επανέλεγχος: r = 0.753, Ρ <0.0005). Η συσχέτιση Spearman των βαθμολογιών των τιμών SRT και των τιμών κλίσης ήταν 0.998 και 0.997 αντίστοιχα για το ΗΙ και 0.939 και 0.88 για την ομάδα με ΝΗ, υποδεικνύοντας πολύ χαμηλή μεταβλητότητα σε όλες τις συνεδρίες δοκιμής και επανεξέτασης. Επιπλέον, η ανάλυση της διακύμανσης (ANOVA) του μέσου SRT στα παιδιά με NH και τα υπολείμματα SRT στην ομάδα με HI έδειξε ότι οι διαφορετικές προτάσεις ήταν της ίδιας δυσκολίας σε κάθε ομάδα. ((F (9,81) = 0,401, ρ = 0,930 και (F (9,93) = 2,241, ρ = 0,025 αντίστοιχα).Συμπεράσματα: Για πρώτη φορά δημιουργήθηκε στην ελληνική γλώσσα επικυρωμένη δοκιμή ομιλίας ακουστικής φωνής. Οι τιμές SRT και S50 και για τα παιδιά με NH και με HI είναι συγκρίσιμες με παρόμοιες δοκιμές που αναπτύχθηκαν σε άλλες γλώσσες.

scholarly journals The effect of guessing on the speech reception thresholds of chilldren

1990 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asoka Moodley
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Speech Audiometry ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Speech Reception ◽  
Speech Reception Thresholds ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Impaired Children

Speech audiometry is an essential part of the assessment of hearing impaired children and it is now widely used throughout the United Kingdom. Although instructions are universally agreed upon as an important aspect in the administration of any form of audiometric testing, there has been little, if any, research towards evaluating the influence which instructions that are given to a listener have on the Speech Reception Threshold obtained. This study attempts to evaluate what effect guessing has on the Speech Reception Threshold of children. A sample of 30 secondary school pupils between 16 and 18 years of age with normal hearing was used in the study. It is argued that the type of instruction normally used for Speech Reception Threshold in audiometric testing may not provide a sufficient amount of control for guessing and implications of this, using data obtained in the study, are examined.

scholarly journals Audiological Assessment of Hearing-Impaired Children under Age 3 and Their Later Pure Tone Audiometry.

2002 ◽  
Vol 105 (9) ◽  
pp. 920-924
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi Takahashi ◽  
Ayako Sawada ◽  
Yasuko Mori ◽  
Takako Iwaki ◽  
Takayuki Kawashima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pure Tone ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Intelligibility of Modified Speech for Young Listeners With Normal and Impaired Hearing

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 1027-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie M. Uchanski ◽  
Ann E. Geers ◽  
Athanassios Protopapas
Keyword(s):  
Speech Processing ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Processing Conditions ◽  
Impaired Hearing ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Listening In Noise ◽  
Hearing Children ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Exposure to modified speech has been shown to benefit children with languagelearning impairments with respect to their language skills (M. M. Merzenich et al., 1998; P. Tallal et al., 1996). In the study by Tallal and colleagues, the speech modification consisted of both slowing down and amplifying fast, transitional elements of speech. In this study, we examined whether the benefits of modified speech could be extended to provide intelligibility improvements for children with severe-to-profound hearing impairment who wear sensory aids. In addition, the separate effects on intelligibility of slowing down and amplifying speech were evaluated. Two groups of listeners were employed: 8 severe-to-profoundly hearingimpaired children and 5 children with normal hearing. Four speech-processing conditions were tested: (1) natural, unprocessed speech; (2) envelope-amplified speech; (3) slowed speech; and (4) both slowed and envelope-amplified speech. For each condition, three types of speech materials were used: words in sentences, isolated words, and syllable contrasts. To degrade the performance of the normal-hearing children, all testing was completed with a noise background. Results from the hearing-impaired children showed that all varieties of modified speech yielded either equivalent or poorer intelligibility than unprocessed speech. For words in sentences and isolated words, the slowing-down of speech had no effect on intelligibility scores whereas envelope amplification, both alone and combined with slowing-down, yielded significantly lower scores. Intelligibility results from normal-hearing children listening in noise were somewhat similar to those from hearing-impaired children. For isolated words, the slowing-down of speech had no effect on intelligibility whereas envelope amplification degraded intelligibility. For both subject groups, speech processing had no statistically significant effect on syllable discrimination. In summary, without extensive exposure to the speech processing conditions, children with impaired hearing and children with normal hearing listening in noise received no intelligibility advantage from either slowed speech or envelope-amplified speech.

Pure-Tone Thresholds and Word-Recognition Abilities of Hearing-Impaired Children

1974 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman P. Erber
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Pure Tone Average ◽  
Recognition Ability ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Degree Of Overlap ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

A recorded list of 25 spondaic words was administered monaurally through earphones to 72 hearing-impaired children to evaluate their comprehension of “easy” speech material. The subjects ranged in age from eight to 16 years, and their average pure-tone thresholds (500-1000-2000 Hz) ranged in level from 52 to 127 dB (ANSI, 1969). Most spondee-recognition scores either were high (70 to 100* correct) or low (0 to 30% correct). The degree of overlap in thresholds between the high-scoring and the low-scoring groups differed as a function of the method used to describe the audiogram. The pure-tone average of 500-1000-2000 Hz was a good, but not perfect, predictor of spondee-recognition ability. In general, children with average pure-tone thresholds better than about 85 dB HTL (ANSI, 1969) scored high, and those with thresholds poorer than about 100 dB scored low. Spondee-recognition scores, however, could not be predicted with accuracy for children whose audiograms fell between 85 and 100 dB HTL.

scholarly journals Words in noise audiometry in adult subjects with normal hearing

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Widayat Alviandi ◽  
Jenny Bashiruddin ◽  
Brastho Bramantyo ◽  
Farisa Rizky
Keyword(s):  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Recognition Threshold ◽  
Speech Audiometry ◽  
Discrimination Score ◽  
Speech Discrimination ◽  
Speech Discrimination Score ◽  
Noise Test

Background: Patients with hearing disturbance will generally undergo pure tone audiometry andspeech audiometry in a quiet room, but those examinations cannot evaluate the ability to understand speech in daily environment with a noisy background. Words in noise test will provide valuable informationregarding patient’s hearing problem in noise. Purpose: To evaluate the hearing threshold using wordsin noise test in adults with normal hearing. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in CiptoMangunkusumo Hospital from January to April 2017. All subjects who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusioncriteria underwent pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, and words in noise test. Results: A total of71 individuals with normal hearing were recruited for this study. Words in noise test showed the medianvalue of 67 dB and 100 dB for Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT) 50% and Speech DiscriminationScore (SDS) 100%, respectively. The SRT 50% and SDS 100% were significantly higher in the age group40–60 years compared to the age group 18–39 years. There was also a statistically significant differencebetween males and females at SRT 50% assessed by words in noise audiometry. Conclusion: Wordsin noise test showed a statistically significant difference in SRT 50% and SDS 100% between two agegroups, but no difference was found between genders. The result of this study can be used as a referencefor SRT and SDS values of speech audiometry test in noise.Keywords: words in noise, speech audiometry, speech recognition threshold, speech discrimination score ABSTRAKLatar belakang: Pasien dengan gangguan pendengaran umumnya menjalani pemeriksaanaudiometri nada murni dan audiometri tutur di ruangan yang sunyi, tetapi pemeriksaan ini tidakdapat menggambarkan kemampuan pemahaman wicara di lingkungan sehari-hari yang ramai. Testutur dalam bising dapat mengevaluasi masalah pendengaran pasien dalam keadaan bising. Tujuan:Untuk mengevaluasi ambang pendengaran menggunakan tes tutur dalam bising pada orang dewasadengan pendengaran normal. Metode: Penelitian potong lintang ini dilakukan di Rumah Sakit CiptoMangunkusumo dari Januari hingga April 2017. Semua subjek yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi daneksklusi menjalani pemeriksaan audiometri nada murni, audiometri tutur, dan tes tutur dalam bising.Hasil: Sebanyak 71 orang dengan pendengaran normal diikutsertakan dalam penelitian ini. Tes tuturdalam bising menunjukkan nilai median masing-masing 67 dB dan 100 dB pada Speech RecognitionThreshold (SRT) 50% dan Speech Discrimination Score (SDS) 100%. SRT 50% dan SDS 100% secarasignifikan lebih tinggi pada kelompok usia 40–60 tahun dibandingkan dengan kelompok usia 18–39 tahun. Hasil pemeriksaan tes tutur dalam bising menunjukkan perbedaan yang signifikan antara laki-laki dan wanita pada nilai SRT 50%. Kesimpulan: Tes tutur dalam bising menunjukkan perbedaan yang bermakna secara statistik pada SRT 50% dan SDS 100% antara dua kelompok umur, tetapi tidak ada perbedaan signifikan diantara jenis kelamin. Hasil penelitian ini dapat digunakan sebagai acuan untuk nilai SRT dan SDS pada pemeriksaan audiometri tutur dalam bising.

Classroom acoustics IV: Speech perception of normal‐hearing and hearing‐impaired children in classrooms

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 3063-3063
Author(s):  
Carl C. Crandell ◽  
Gary W. Siebein ◽  
Martin A. Gold ◽  
Mary Jo Hasell ◽  
Philip Abbott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Classroom Acoustics ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Consonant Lingual-Palatal Contacts Produced by Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children

1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1423-1435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Dagenais ◽  
Paula Critz-Crosby
Keyword(s):  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Groove Width ◽  
Contact Patterns ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

Ten normal hearing (NH) and 18 profoundly hearing-impaired (HI) children were recorded using palatometry and audiotape while producing the consonants /t,d,k,g,s,z,∫/ in CV syllables (V=/i, α/). The lingual-palatal contacts produced by the NH subjects for the alveolar stops were undifferentiated across voicing and vowel environment differences. Lingual-palatal contact patterns for the velar stops differed for vowel environment but not for voicing. The /s/ and /z/ sibilants were distinguished by groove width but not anterior place. Groove locations for /s/ and /z/ were more anterior than groove locations for /∫/. The anterior grove location for the /∫/ was vowel dependent. The HI subjects produced idiosyncratic lingual-palatal contact patterns. As patterns for individuals became more unique and less variable across the syllable stimuli, listener identifications showed correspondingly incorrect, undifferentiated responses. The atypical contact patterns used by the HI subjects often required interpretation of possible tongue activities during attempts at the various consonants.

scholarly journals Production of Greek vowels by hearing-impaired children

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Nirgianaki ◽  
Maria Bitzanaki
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
High Dimension ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Impaired Group ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

The present study investigates the acoustic characteristics of Greek vowels produced by hearing-impaired children with profound prelingual hearing loss and cochlear implants. The results revealed a significant difference between vowels produced by hearingimpaired children and those produced by normal-hearing ones in terms of duration. Stressed vowels were significantly longer than non-stressed for both groups, while F0, F1 and F2 did not differ significantly between the two groups for any vowel, with the exception of /a/, which had significantly higher F1 when produced by hearingimpaired children. Acoustic vowel spaces were similar for the two groups but shifted towards higher frequencies in the low-high dimension and somehow reduced in the front-back dimension for the hearing-impaired group.

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