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Speech Identification Test in Telugu: Considerations for Sloping High Frequency Hearing Loss Pages 63-73

S.B. Rathna Kumar¹, Sandhya K. Varudhini² and Aparna Ravichandran²

¹Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai, India; ²Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Secunderabad, India

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2311-1917.2016.04.02.4

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Abstract: The present study developed two high frequency word lists (HFWLs) with each list consisting of 25 words for assessing individuals with sloping high frequency hearing loss (SHFHL). Speech identification score (SIS) testing was carried out on normal hearing subjects who were equally divided into three groups. The results revealed that there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in mean SIS of each group between two lists, and between three groups for each list. The groups’ mean SISs were 99.68% and 99.60% for two lists respectively which are in the normal range of SIS. In order to check the applicability of HFWLs, SIS testing was carried out on subjects with sensorineural hearing loss who were equally divided into two groups. Group I: Individuals with flat frequency hearing loss (FFHL-Group). Group II: Individuals with sloping high frequency hearing loss (SHFHL-Group). SIS testing was carried out using four conventional word lists (CWLs) already existing in Telugu and two HFWLs developed in the present study. The results revealed that there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in mean SIS between CWLs and HFWLs in FFHL-Group. However, there was a significant difference (p<0.05) in mean SIS between CWLs and HFWLs in SHFHL-Group. SHFHL-Group obtained significantly lower (p<0.05) mean SIS for HFWLs compared to CWLs. Hence it can be concluded that CWLs would not indicate true nature of communication difficulties caused by SHFHL. On the other hand, the developed HFWLs were found be effective in identifying the true nature of communication difficulties caused by SHFHL.

Keywords: Speech identification test, sloping high frequency hearing loss, flat frequency hearing loss, high frequency word lists, conventional word lists, speech identification score. Read more →

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