otosclerosis is an otic capsule disorder that leads to progressive conductive and/or sensorineural hearing loss due to stapes footplate fixation and cochlear bone involvement. the disorder is bilateral in 70% of patients and it usually starts between the third and fifth decade. one of its characteristic clinical findings is schwartze sign which refers to a reddish discoloration over the promont...

This study examined how semantically related information facilitates the intelligibility of spoken sentences in the presence of masking sound, and how this facilitation is influenced by masker type and by individual differences in cognitive functioning. Dutch sentences were masked by stationary noise, fluctuating noise, or an interfering talker. Each sentence was preceded by a text cue; cues we...

We propose a new method for measuring the threshold of 50% sentence intelligibility in noisy or multi-source speech communication situations (Speech Reception Threshold, SRT). Our SRT-test complements those available e.g. for English, German, Dutch, Swedish and Finnish by a French test method. The approach we take is based on semantically unpredictable sentences (SUS), which can principally be ...

Plomp's speech reception threshold (SRT) model [R. Plomp, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 63, 533-549 (1978)] incorporates a distortion and an attenuation factor that are both expressed in dB and, for hearing-impaired listeners, are greater than 0 dB. The distortion factor is hypothesized to affect the SRT in quiet and in noise and suggests that a hearing-impaired listener will always demonstrate a higher ...

The ability to recognize masked speech, commonly measured with a speech reception threshold (SRT) test, is associated with cognitive processing abilities. Two cognitive factors frequently assessed in speech recognition research are the capacity of working memory (WM), measured by means of a reading span (Rspan) or listening span (Lspan) test, and the ability to read masked text (linguistic clos...

The aim of the study was to determine signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) young persons with normal hearing. following three tests available Polish language were used: New Articulation Lists (NAL-93) version 2011, Sentence Test (PST) and Matrix (PSMT). When using PST PSMT masking signal babble noise made material contained in test. For NAL-93 speech noise. reception...

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of the fixed and adaptive beamforming technology of the new MED-EL SONNET cochlear implant audio processor on speech perception in noise. METHODS The study cohort comprises 18 postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant recipients with at least six months of experience. Speech reception thresholds were measured with the Oldenburg Sentence Test in continuous...

OBJECTIVE To determine the predictive ability of the Jahrsdoerfer grading scale score in congenital aural atresia surgery. DESIGN Retrospective review of medical records. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS One hundred eight patients with aural atresia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Demographic data, preoperative Jahrsdoerfer score, and postoperative audiometric outcomes were reviewed. O...