Open AccessSpeech Recognition Abilities in Normal-Hearing Children 4 to 12 Years of Age in Stationary and Interrupted Noise
Author(s) -
Wiepke J. A. Koopmans,
S. Theo Goverts,
Cas Smits
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000569
Subject(s) - dichotic listening , audiology , headphones , monaural , test (biology) , noise (video) , binaural recording , active listening , psychology , speech recognition , medicine , acoustics , computer science , communication , paleontology , physics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , biology
The main purpose of this study was to examine developmental effects for speech recognition in noise abilities for normal-hearing children in several listening conditions, relevant for daily life. Our aim was to study the auditory component in these listening abilities by using a test that was designed to minimize the dependency on nonauditory factors, the digits-in-noise (DIN) test. Secondary aims were to examine the feasibility of the DIN test for children, and to establish age-dependent normative data for diotic and dichotic listening conditions in both stationary and interrupted noise.