Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 in Multi-Talker Babble: A Preliminary Report
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-9-2002
Description
The purpose of this project was to develop a spoken word-recognition task that could be used clinically to evaluate recognition performance of individuals with hearing loss in a background noise. The test instrument incorporated monosyllabic words at seven levels over a 35-dB range presented in a background of "multi-talker" babble that was fixed in level. In Experiment 1, we established normative data on 24 young adult listeners with normal hearing and on 50 older adult listeners with high-frequency hearing loss. In Experiment 2, we examined the effects that age and hearing loss have on understanding speech in multi-talker babble by studying 15 subjects in each decade interval from 20 to 79 years.
Citation Information
Wilson, Richard H.; and Strouse, Anne. 2002. Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 in Multi-Talker Babble: A Preliminary Report. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. Vol.39(1). 105-113. https://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/02/39/1/pdf/Wilson.pdf PMID: 11926322 ISSN: 0748-7711