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Self-reported hearing difficulties and speech-in-noise test performance - what can we find behind a “normal” audiogram?

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Author(s):
Pamela Papile Lunardelo [1] ; Laura Caetano Meneghelli [2] ; Sthella Zanchetta [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[2] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: CoDAS; v. 35, n. 6 2023-11-27.
Abstract

ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate complaints of difficulty understanding speech in the presence of noise in subjects without hearing loss and their performance on a speech-in-noise test. Methods Thirty-nine subjects aged 18 to 59 years and 11 months were divided into four groups according to their decade of life. They underwent audiometry, tympanometry, auditory processing tests, the Mini-Mental State Examination, a self-report on auditory perception combined with the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap (Pt-AIADH), and a sentence test in silence and in noise. Results All groups scored high on the Pt-AIADH domains, with the highest average score obtained for the noise intelligibility domain. There were differences between G18 vs. G40, G18 vs. G50, and G30 vs. G50 for auditory self-perception in noise intelligibility, and differences between the youngest and all other groups on the speech-in-noise test in particular, with a lower signal-to-noise ratio for older adults. We also identified a moderate and significant correlation between intelligibility in noise and the speech-in-noise test. Conclusion Normal hearers of all age groups complained of intelligibility in noise. We found that the higher an individual’s auditory difficulty in this domain, the worse their performance on the speech-in-noise test; this is especially true for middle-aged adults. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/00598-0 - Study of self-related hearing difficulties and performance of speech in noise in adults of different ages
Grantee:Laura Caetano Meneghelli
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation