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The French digit triplet test: a hearing screening tool for speech intelligibility in noise.
- Source :
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International journal of audiology [Int J Audiol] 2010 May; Vol. 49 (5), pp. 378-87. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- A French speech intelligibility screening test in noise that applies digit triplets as stimuli has been developed and evaluated for both telephone and broadband headphone use. After optimizing the speech material based on the intelligibility of the individual digits, norms for normal-hearing subjects were established. speech reception thresholds (SRTs) of -6.4 +/- 0.4 and -10.5 +/- 0.3 dB SNR, and slopes of 17.1 and 27.1 %/dB were obtained for telephone and broadband headphone presentation, respectively. The French digit triplet test by telephone was then implemented as an automatic self-screening test by home telephone, and further evaluated in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. A test-retest variability of 0.7 dB was found and the correlation between SRT and pure-tone average (PTA(0.5,1,2,4)) was 0.77. One month after launching the test, 20,000 calls were registered. It can be concluded that both versions of the newly developed test have steep slopes and small SRT differences across normal-hearing listeners. The screening test by telephone is highly reliable and proves to fulfill the need for an easily accessible and objective hearing screening.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Auditory Threshold
Female
Humans
Language
Male
Mass Screening instrumentation
Middle Aged
Sensitivity and Specificity
Speech Reception Threshold Test instrumentation
Telephone
Hearing Loss diagnosis
Mass Screening methods
Noise
Speech Perception
Speech Reception Threshold Test methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1708-8186
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International journal of audiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20380611
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/14992020903431272