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http://dx.doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2022.41.1.108

A study on the clinical usefulness and improvement of hearing in noise test in evaluating central auditory processing  

Han, Soo-Hee (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine)
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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea / v.41, no.1, 2022 , pp. 108-113 More about this Journal
Abstract
Speech recognition in noise situation is an important skill for effective communication. Hearing In Noise Test (HINT) has been suggested as a clinical tool to evaluate these aspects. However, this tool has not been used widely in domestic clinics. In this study, psychophysical aspects of HINT and burdens in clinical application were analyzed to improve the applicability of the tool. The difficulty in understanding speech in the elderly population is due to hearing loss based on aging of peripheral and central auditory pathways. As typical clinical cases, HINT scores for young and elderly listeners (20s vs 70s) were compared. Four conditions of HINT test were Quiet (Q), Noise Front (NF), Noise Right (NR), and Noise Left (NL). Quantitative scores showed that the elderly listener required more Signal to Noris Ratio (SNR) values than the younger counterpart in noisy situations. Although both showed Binaural Masking Level Difference (BMLD) effect, the strength was smaller in the elder. However, the age-matched normalized data were not established in detail for clinical application. Confirmed usefulness of HINT and the related improvement in clinical measuring procedure were suggested.
Keywords
Hearing In Noise Test (HINT); Aging; Binaural Masking Level Difference (BMLD); Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR);
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