Online Arabic and English Digits-in-Noise Tests: Effects of Test Language and At-Home Testing.
Purpose: The Digits-in-Noise (DIN) test is used widely in research and, increasingly, in remote hearing screening. The reported study aimed to provide basic evaluation data for browser-based DIN software, which allows remote testing without installation of an app. It investigated the effects of test...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 388 - 399 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=182006570&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 182006570 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2025 vid: 68 iid: 1 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 182006570 10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00085 ppf: 388 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 843KB tig: atl: Online Arabic and English Digits-in-Noise Tests: Effects of Test Language and At-Home Testing. aug: au: Shehabi, Adnan Plack, Christopher J. Prendergast, Garreth Munro, Kevin J. Stone, Michael A. Laycock, Joseph AlJasser, Arwa Guest, Hannah affil: Department of Audiology and Speech Therapy, Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Ansys UK Limited, Sheffield, United Kingdom Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia su: Internet Multilingualism Arabs Statistical correlation Pearson correlation (Statistics) Research funding T-test (Statistics) Data analysis Descriptive statistics Telemedicine Speech audiometry Statistical reliability Statistics English language Comparative studies Hearing levels Data analysis software Impedance audiometry sug: subj: Internet Multilingualism Arabs Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Wired Telecommunications Carriers Statistical correlation Pearson correlation (Statistics) Research funding T-test (Statistics) Data analysis Descriptive statistics Telemedicine Speech audiometry Statistical reliability Statistics English language Comparative studies Hearing levels Data analysis software Impedance audiometry ab: Purpose: The Digits-in-Noise (DIN) test is used widely in research and, increasingly, in remote hearing screening. The reported study aimed to provide basic evaluation data for browser-based DIN software, which allows remote testing without installation of an app. It investigated the effects of test language (Arabic vs. English) and test environment (lab vs. home) on DIN thresholds and test-- retest reliability. It also examined the effects of test language on the correlations between DIN and audiometric thresholds. Method: Fifty-two bilingual adults with normal hearing aged 18--35 years completed Arabic and English diotic DIN tests (two sessions in the lab and two sessions at home via the web). Effects of language and environment on DIN thresholds were assessed via paired t tests, while intraclass and Pearson's/ Spearman's correlation coefficients quantified test--retest reliability and relations to audiometric thresholds. Results: DIN thresholds were 0.74 dB higher (worse) for Arabic than English stimuli. Thresholds were 0.52 dB lower in the lab than at home, but the effect was not significant after correction for multiple comparisons. Intraclass and Pearson's correlation coefficients were too low for meaningful analysis due to the use of a normal-hearing sample with low between-subject variability in DIN and audiometric thresholds. However, exploratory analysis showed that absolute test--retest differences were low (< 1.2 dB, on average) for both languages and both test environments. Conclusions: Arabic DIN thresholds were a little higher than English thresholds for the same listeners. Employing home-based rather than lab-based testing may slightly elevate DIN thresholds, but the effect was marginal. Nonetheless, both factors should be considered when interpreting DIN data. Test--retest differences were low for both languages and environments. To support hearing screening, subsequent research in audiometrically diverse listeners is required, testing the reliability of DIN thresholds and relations to hearing loss. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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