Indices of communication handicap in mildly hearing-impaired listeners

Authors

  • S.M. Abel Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada

Keywords:

hearing, speech recognition, mildly hearing-impaired listeners, auditory performance decrements, concomitant hearing loss, acuity, stimulus frequency, bilateral high-frequency hearing loss, consonant discrimination, word recognition, high-tone hearing loss, speech perception, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz

Abstract

The author measured auditory performance decrements among normal-hearing and mildly hearing-impaired Canadian Forces personnel with communications experience. In previous research with inexperienced subjects, she demonstrated that aging, without concomitant hearing loss, resulted in decreased acuity for changes in both stimulus frequency and duration. Compared with aged-matched controls, older individuals with bilateral high-frequency hearing loss showed decrements in frequency discrimination at 4000 Hz, and in consonant discrimination and word recognition in noise. The degree of high-tone hearing loss was correlated with the decrement in speech perception

Published

1993-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Abel S. Indices of communication handicap in mildly hearing-impaired listeners. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 1993Sep.1 [cited 2021Apr.14];21(3):25-6. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/757

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (1993)

Section

Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada

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