| 1. |
- Hjertman, Heléne, et al.
(författare)
-
The Swedish hearing in noise test for children, HINT-C
- 2021
-
Ingår i: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. - : Elsevier. - 0165-5876 .- 1872-8464. ; 141
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a Swedish version of the Hearing In Noise Test for Children (HINT-C).DESIGN: In the first part, the Swedish HINT lists for adults was evaluated by children at three signal to noise ratios (SNRs), -4, -1 and +2 dB. Lists including sentences not reaching 50% recognition at +2 dB SNR were excluded and the rest constituted the HINT-C. In the second part, HINT-C was evaluated in children and adults using an adaptive procedure to determine the SNR for 50% correctly repeated sentences. Study Sample In the first part, 112 children aged 6-11 years participated while another 28 children and 9 adults participated in the second part.RESULTS: Eight out of 24 tested adult HINT lists did not reach the inclusion criteria. The remaining 16 lists formed the Swedish HINT-C which was evaluated in children 6-11 years old. A regression analysis showed that the predicted SNR threshold (dB) was 0.495-0.365*age (years + months/12) and the children reached the mean adult score at an age of 10.5 years.CONCLUSIONS: A Swedish version of HINT-C was developed and evaluated in children six years and older.
|
|
| 2. |
- Stenbäck, Victoria, 1985-, et al.
(författare)
-
Informational masking and listening effort in speech recognition innoise : the role of working memory capacity and inhibitory control in older adults with and without hearing impairmen
- 2022
-
Ingår i: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. - : AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC. - 1092-4388 .- 1558-9102. ; 65:11, s. 4417-4428
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The study aimed to assess the relationship between 1) speech-recognition-in-noise, mask type, working memory capacity (WMC), inhibitory control, and 2) self-rated listening effort, speech material, and mask type, in older adults with and without hearing-impairment. It was of special interest to assess the relationship between WMC, inhibitory control, and speech-recognition-in-noise when informational maskers masked target speech.Method: A mixed design was used. A group (N= 24) of older (mean age = 69.7 years) HI individuals, and a group of age-normal hearing adults (mean age = 59.3 years, SD = 6.5) participated in the study. The participants were presented with auditory tests in a sound attenuated room and the cognitive tests in a quiet office. The participants were asked to rate listening effort after being presented with energetic and informational background maskers in two different speech materials used in this study (i.e., Hearing in Noise Test and the Hagerman Test). Linear-Mixed Effects models were set up to assess the effect of the two different speech materials, energetic and informational maskers, hearing ability, WMC, inhibitory control, and self-rated listening effort.Results: Results showed that WMC and inhibitory control was of importance for speech-recognition-in-noise, even when controlling for PTA4 (pure tone average 4) hearing thresholds and age, when the maskers were informational. Concerning listening effort, on the other hand, the results suggest that hearing ability, but not cognitive abilities, is important for self-rated listening effort in speech-recognition-in-noise.Conclusion: Speech-in-noise recognition is more dependent on WMC for older adults in informational maskers than in energetic maskers. Hearing ability is a stronger predictor than cognition for self-rated listening effort.
|
|
| 3. |
- Stenbäck, Victoria, 1985-, et al.
(författare)
-
The contribution of age, working memory capacity and inhibitory control on speech-recognition-in-noise in young, and older adult listeners
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. - Linköping : AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC. - 1092-4388 .- 1558-9102. ; 64:11, s. 4513-4523
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between speech recognition in noise, age, hearing ability, self-rated listening effort, inhibitory control (measured with the Swedish Hayling task) and working memory capacity (WMC) (measured with the Reading span test). Two different speech materials were used; the Hagerman test with low semantic context, and HINT sentences with high semantic context, masked with either energetic or informational maskers. Method: A mixed design was used. Twenty-four young normally-hearing (mean age 25.6 years), and 24 older, for their age, normally-hearing individuals (mean age 60.6 years) participated in the study. Speech-recognition-in-noise in both speech materials and self-rated effort in all four background maskers were correlated with inhibitory control, and WMC. A linear mixed effects model was set up to assess differences between the two different speech materials, the 4 different maskers used in the study, and if age and hearing ability affected performance in the speech materials or the various background noises.Results: Results showed that high WMC was related to lower scores of self-rated listening effort for informational maskers, as well as better performance in speech recognition in noise when informational maskers were used. The linear mixed effects model revealed differences in performance between the low context and the high context speech materials, and the various maskers used. Lastly, inhibitory control had some impact on performance in the low context speech material when masked with an informational masker.
|
|
