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Susceptibility to interference by music and speech maskers in middle-aged adults

Author(s) -

Deniz Başkent,

Suzanne van Engelshoven,

John J. Galvin

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of the acoustical society of america

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619

H-Index - 187

eISSN - 1520-8524

pISSN - 0001-4966

DOI - 10.1121/1.4865261

Subject(s) - noise (video) , audiology , acoustics , speech recognition , mathematics , psychology , medicine , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)

Older listeners commonly complain about difficulty in understanding speech in noise. Previous studies have shown an age effect for both speech and steady noise maskers, and it is largest for speech maskers. In the present study, speech reception thresholds (SRTs) measured with competing speech, music, and steady noise maskers significantly differed between young (19 to 26 years) and middle-aged (51 to 63 years) adults. SRT differences ranged from 2.1 dB for competing speech, 0.4-1.6 dB for music maskers, and 0.8 dB for steady noise. The data suggest that aging effects are already evident in middle-aged adults without significant hearing impairment.

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