title: Reliability of two measures of speech recognition in elderly people.
abstract: The revised Speech Perception in Noise (SPIN) test and the Dichotic Sentence Identification (DSI) test have been used to help evaluate speech-recognition capabilities in elderly people. We evaluated the test-retest reliability of these measures for 17 subjects aged 63-82 years. The DSI and revised SPIN tests were administered at 65, 75, and 85 dB SPL, with a total of three presentations at each level. Reliability was assessed using a repeated-measures analysis of variance and 95% critical differences for each test. Results raise serious questions about the use of these tests for diagnostic determinations or assessment of speech-recognition ability in elderly people.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Bloomington 47405.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Cokely
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Humes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001299:Audiometry; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception