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Comparison of Selected Pure-Tone and Speech Tests in Predicting Hearing Handicap

This study assessed the effective use of pure-tone testing versus speech testing as used to predict the degree of hearing handicap experienced by an individual. Twenty-one subjects over the age of 65 were tested. Each subject was administered the following test battery: spondee threshold; a pure-tone evaluation, including air and bone conduction; Speech Perception in Noise (SPIN) test; Synthetic Sentence Identification (SSI) test; NU-6 for speech discrimination; establishment of most comfortable listening level (MCL) and loudness discomfort listening level (LDL); immittance testing including tympanograms, acoustic reflex thresholds, and reflex decay.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500231
Date08 1900
CreatorsDye, Amy
ContributorsJacquot, Willard S., Larson, George W., Haynes, Jack Read
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 52 leaves : ill., Text
RightsPublic, Dye, Amy, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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