The word-with-noise test: development, validation and reference values

• Published in: CoDAS (São Paulo) Vol. 36; no. 3; p. e20230091
• Main Authors: Costa, Lidiéli Dalla, Vaucher, Ana Valéria de Almeida, Pagliarin, Karina Carlesso, Costa, Maristela Julio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil 2024
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Auditory Threshold - physiology; Case-Control Studies; Female; Hearing Loss - diagnosis; Hearing Loss - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Noise; Reference Values; Reproducibility of Results; Signal-To-Noise Ratio; Speech Perception - physiology; Speech Reception Threshold Test - methods; Speech Reception Threshold Test - standards; Young Adult

To propose an instrument for assessing speech recognition in the presence of competing noise. To define its application strategy for use in clinical practice. To obtain evidence of criterion validity and present reference values. The study was conducted in three stages: Organization of the material...