Test-retest reliability of in situ unaided thresholds in adults.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine test-retest reliability of in situ unaided thresholds measured using a handheld hearing aid programmer coupled to a hearing aid transducer in adults with normal hearing. METHOD: Randomized in situ thresholds at 4 octave frequencies were established i...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Audiology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 75 - 81 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jun2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106345040&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106345040 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10590889 5KS jtl: American Journal of Audiology issn: 10590889 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2006 vid: 15 iid: 1 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 106345040 106345040 2009221062 10.1044/1059-0889(2006/009) NLM16803794 106345040 ppf: 75 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Test-retest reliability of in situ unaided thresholds in adults. aug: au: Smith-Olinde L Nicholson N Chivers C Highley P Williams DK affil: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA. lso@uams.edu sug: subj: Auditory Threshold Evaluation Hearing Tests Evaluation Adult Arkansas Confidence Intervals Descriptive Statistics Female Male Middle Age Paired T-Tests Repeated Measures Test-Retest Reliability Transducers Human Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine test-retest reliability of in situ unaided thresholds measured using a handheld hearing aid programmer coupled to a hearing aid transducer in adults with normal hearing. METHOD: Randomized in situ thresholds at 4 octave frequencies were established in 1 ear of 43 adults twice using the Widex Diva SP3 device with the stimulus generated by and transduced through a Widex Diva SD-9 behind-the-ear hearing aid. Insert earphone tips were used in each of the measures to couple the hearing aid/transducer to the ear canal. RESULTS: Mean decibel differences between the test and retest thresholds were less than 1 dB at each frequency. Using an 80% statistical test criterion, results revealed test-retest reliability within 5 dB for all frequencies: 98% at 500 Hz, 100% at 1000 and 2000 Hz, and 93% at 4000 Hz. CONCLUSIONS: Test-retest reliability of in situ unaided thresholds using the SP3/SD-9 device is equivalent to that of currently accepted audiometric procedures. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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