Department of Audiology Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Posters, Speeches, Lectures, etc.

Title

Speech Recognition in Noise by Hearing-Impaired and Noise-Masked Normal-Hearing Listeners.

Publication Title

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volume

6

Issue

6

Publication Date / Copyright Date

11-1-1995

First Page

414

Last Page

424

Abstract

A prevailing complaint among individuals with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is difficulty understanding speech, particularly under adverse listening conditions. The present investigation compared the speech-recognition abilities of listeners with mild to moderate degrees of SNHL to normal-hearing individuals with simulated hearing impairments, accomplished using spectrally shaped masking noise. Speech-perception ability was assessed using the predictability-high sentences from the Speech Perception in Noise test. Results revealed significant differences between groups in sentential-recognition ability, with the hearing-impaired subjects performing poorer than the masked-normal listeners. These findings suggest the presence of a secondary distortion degrading sentential-recognition ability in the hearing impaired, implications of these data will be discussed concerning the mechanism(s) responsible for speech perception in the hearing impaired.

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Keywords

Adult, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Hearing, Hearing Disorders, Humans, Middle Aged, Noise, Perceptual Masking, Speech Perception, Speech Reception Threshold Test

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