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Digits in noise testing in a multilingual sample of Asian adults.
- Source :
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International Journal of Audiology . Apr2024, Vol. 63 Issue 4, p269-274. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Appropriate speech-in noise assessment is challenging in multilingual populations. This study aimed to assess whether first preferred language affected performance on an English Digits-in-noise (DIN) test in the local Asian multilingual population, controlling for hearing threshold, age, sex, English fluency and educational status. A secondary aim was to determine the association between DIN test scores and hearing thresholds. English digit-triplets in noise testing and pure-tone audiometry were conducted. Multiple regression analysis was performed with DIN scores and hearing thresholds as dependent variables. Correlation analysis was performed between DIN-SRT and hearing thresholds. 165 subjects from the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Study, a population-based longitudinal study of community-dwellers over 55 years of age. Mean DIN speech reception threshold (DIN-SRT) was −5.7 dB SNR (SD 3.6; range 6.7 to −11.2). Better ear pure tone average and English fluency were significantly associated with DIN-SRT. DIN performance was independent of first preferred language in a multilingual ageing Singaporean population after adjusting for age, gender and education. Those with poorer English fluency had a significantly lower DIN-SRT score. The DIN test has the potential to provide a quick, uniform method of testing speech in noise in this multilingual population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LANGUAGE & languages
*COMMUNICATIVE competence
*STATISTICAL correlation
*PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
*NOISE
*INDEPENDENT living
*RESEARCH funding
*COMPUTER software
*INTERVIEWING
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*SEX distribution
*AUDIOMETRY
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*MULTILINGUALISM
*LONGITUDINAL method
*SPEECH audiometry
*AGING
*TELEPHONES
*RESEARCH methodology
*RESEARCH
*SPEECH perception
*HEARING levels
*DATA analysis software
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*PATIENT aftercare
*EDUCATIONAL attainment
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14992027
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176352241
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2023.2179549