Open AccessThe Association Between Physiological Noise Levels and Speech Understanding in Noise
Author(s) -
Samantha Stiepan,
Jonathan H. Siegel,
Julia Lee,
Pamela E. Souza,
Sumitrajit Dhar
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000000753
Subject(s) - audiology , noise (video) , noise exposure , hearing loss , psychology , speech recognition , medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
Traditionally, elevated hearing thresholds have been considered to be the main contributors to difficulty understanding speech in noise; yet, patients will often report difficulties with speech understanding in noise despite having audiometrically normal hearing. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to critically evaluate the relationship of various metrics of auditory function (behavioral thresholds and otoacoustic emissions) on speech understanding in noise in a large sample of audiometrically normal-hearing individuals.