Italian fast speech reception threshold test, a new method to investigate adults auditory impairment in noise

S. Karger AG, Basel..

INTRODUCTION: Purpose of our study is to compare two competing methods of performing bisyllabic words speech audiometry for the detection of the 50% speech reception threshold in noise (SRT50).

METHODS: Classic method is performed submitting multiple words lists at fixed signal to noise ratio. A newer Fast method - Italian Fast Speech Reception Threshold 50 (IFastSRT50) - is performed by means of a program software with a single list of bisyllabic words and noise intensity shifting.

RESULTS: Means comparison between SRT50 Classic and IFastSRT50 shows a slight significant correlation (r=0.263; p=0.044) and a wide significant difference: SRT50 Classic=-2.763dB (SD=4.1) and IFastSRT50=-7.803dB (SD=2.1) (P < 0.0001). There is high difference between test execution time means (SRT50 Classic=11min, IFastSRT50 =2min; P < 0.0001). Correlation between test results and execution times was higher in for SRT50 Classic than IFastSRT50.

CONCLUSION: IFastSRT50 test is a reliable method to quickly investigate signal to noise ratio needed to obtain 50% of recognition scores with bisyllabic words, it allows less execution time than SRT50 Classic method and can avoid patients fatigue and other limitations of different speech discrimination tests in noise as sentences based ones.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Audiology & neuro-otology - (2024) vom: 17. Apr.

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Englisch

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Cantore, Italo [VerfasserIn]
Lapenna, Ruggero [VerfasserIn]
Di Nardo, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Forli, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Grassia, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Murri, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Scorpecci, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Muzzi, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
De Lucia, Antonietta [VerfasserIn]
De Paolis, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Ricci, Giampietro [VerfasserIn]
Rolesi, Rolando [VerfasserIn]
Berrettini, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Sicignano, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Quaranta, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Marsella, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Orzan, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Della Volpe, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Ruscito, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 17.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1159/000538556

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NLM371204038