Superior ultra-audiometric hearing: a new type of hearing loss which correlates highly with unusually good speech in the "profoundly deaf".
This paper reports 42 severely-to-profoundly deaf subjects, 6 of whom have better hearing in the range of 8 to 14 kHz than below 8 kHz. Data on speech capabilities in these six subjects suggest that this ultra-audiometric range may contribute to their speech comprehension and control.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology