Frequency Selectivity and Consonant Intelligibility in Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1985 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Preminger ◽  
Terry L. Wiley
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Frequency Selectivity ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Subject Pair

The relations between frequency selectivity and consonant intelligibility were investigated in subjects with sensorineura] hearing loss in an attempt to derive predictive indices. Three matched pairs of subjects with similar audiometric configurations (high-frequency, fiat or low-frequency hearing loss) but significantly different word-intelligibility scores were tested. Characteristics of psychophysical tuning curves (PTCs) for high- and low-frequency probes were compared with speech-intelligibility performance for high- and low-frequency consonant-vowel syllables. Frequency-specific relations between PTC characteristics and consonant-intelligibility performance were observed in the subject pairs with high-frequency and fiat sensorineural hearing loss. Corresponding results for the subject pair with low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss were equivocal.

Relation between Frequency Selectivity and Speech Perception Following Glycerol-Induced Cochlear Changes

1985 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia G. Stelmachowicz ◽  
Dawna E. Johnson ◽  
Lori L. Larson ◽  
Patrick E. Brookhouser
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Frequency Selectivity ◽  
Auditory Threshold ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Frequency Resolution ◽  
Intersubject Variability ◽  
Tuning Curves ◽  
Clear Relation

Changes in auditory threshold, psychophysical tuning curves, and speech perception (in both quiet and noise) were monitored over a 3-hr period following the ingestion of glycerol. All listeners had sensorineural hearing loss secondary to Menière's disease. Findings were characterized by large intersubject variability and in general did not show a clear relation between changes in threshold, frequency resolution, and speech perception.

Validity of Hearing Thresholds Obtained from the Rising Portion of the Audiogram in Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry E. Humes ◽  
Anne Marie Tharpe ◽  
Gene W. Bratt
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Test Frequency ◽  
Hearing Thresholds

Two experiments were performed for this study. The purpose of both experiments was to examine the validity of pure-tone hearing thresholds obtained near the rising portion of a sensorineural hearing loss. Recent work by other investigators has suggested that thresholds obtained near the rising portion of the audiogram may not correspond to the severity of damage at the cochlear place associated with the test frequency. In the first experiment this issue was addressed in 11 subjects having low frequency sensorineural hearing loss, whereas 12 subjects (19 ears) having notch-shaped high-frequency sensorineural hearing losses were examined in the second experiment. The results indicated that thresholds obtained from the rising portion of the audiometric configuration were, in most instances, determined by sensitivity at the test frequency. An exception to this generalization involved low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss with a slope for the rising portion of the audiogram exceeding -25 dB/octave. In these cases the severity of the loss may be underestimated for test frequencies immediately adjacent to the rising portion of the audiogram.

Speech intelligibility in patients of different ages with chronic sensorineural hearing loss

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
M. Yu. Boboshko ◽  
◽  
E. V. Zhilinskaya ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Speech Audiometry ◽  
Similar Degree ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Monosyllabic Words

Deterioration in speech intelligibility, the most common complaint of people with hearing loss, leads to social isolation and dramatically reduces the quality of life. The correction of peripheral hearing loss by hearing aid fitting does not always solve this problem in patients with chronic sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). That is why in the process of audiological examination of patients with complaints of hearing loss, it is necessary to include methods of speech audiometry, which make it possible to comprehensively assess the functioning of the auditory system. The aim of the study: assessment of speech intelligibility in patients of different ages with SNHL. 94 people from 20 to 74 years of age were examined: 54 patients with SNHL (14 young and 40 elderly) and 40 people with normal hearing thresholds (20 young and 20 elderly). Besides the standard audiological examination, speech audiometry testing was conducted: evaluation of monosyllabic words intelligibility in quiet, binaural rapidly alternating speech test, dichotic digits test, Russian matrix sentence test (RuMatrix). Results: Speech intelligibility in elderly patients with SNHL was shown to be significantly worse than in young patients with a similar degree of hearing loss. The RuMatrix test in noise was proved to be the most sensitive test for comprehensive evaluation of the hearing system functioning.

Saccular damage in patients with high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss

2006 ◽  
Vol 263 (7) ◽  
pp. 608-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Sazgar ◽  
V. Dortaj ◽  
K. Akrami ◽  
S. Akrami ◽  
A. R. Karimi Yazdi
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing

Clinical characteristics and prognosis of low frequency sensorineural hearing loss without vertigo

2015 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ah Ra Jung ◽  
Myung Gu Kim ◽  
Sung Su Kim ◽  
Sang Hoon Kim ◽  
Seung Geun Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing

Significance of 1 kHz Pure-tone Threshold in Acute Low-frequency Sensorineural Hearing Loss

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. e950-e955
Author(s):  
Chi Kyou Lee ◽  
Jong Bin Lee ◽  
Kye Hoon Park ◽  
Ho Yun Lee ◽  
Mi-Jin Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Pure Tone Threshold

scholarly journals Effects of Various Extents of High-Frequency Hearing Loss on Speech Recognition and Gap Detection at Low Frequencies in Patients with Sensorineural Hearing Loss

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Bei Li ◽  
Yang Guo ◽  
Guang Yang ◽  
Yanmei Feng ◽  
Shankai Yin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Hearing Threshold ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing ◽  
Gap Detection ◽  
Detection Thresholds ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Compressed Speech

This study explored whether the time-compressed speech perception varied with the degree of hearing loss in high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss (HF SNHL) individuals. 65 HF SNHL individuals with different cutoff frequencies were recruited and further divided into mildly, moderately, and/or severely affected subgroups in terms of the averaged thresholds of all frequencies exhibiting hearing loss. Time-compressed speech recognition scores under both quiet and noisy conditions and gap detection thresholds within low frequencies that had normal thresholds were obtained from all patients and compared with data from 11 age-matched individuals with normal hearing threshold at all frequencies. Correlations of the time-compressed speech recognition scores with the extents of HF SNHL and with the 1 kHz gap detection thresholds were studied across all participants. We found that the time-compressed speech recognition scores were significantly affected by and correlated with the extents of HF SNHL. The time-compressed speech recognition scores also correlated with the 1 kHz gap detection thresholds except when the compression ratio of speech was 0.8 under quiet condition. Above all, the extents of HF SNHL were significantly correlated with the 1 kHz gap thresholds.

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