title: The effect of stapedectomy on speech intelligibility in noise.
abstract: Speech intelligibility in noise was tested pre- and postoperatively after 27 stapedectomy cases and 10 cases of reexploration after previous stapes surgery. We did not find a postoperative threshold shift (signal-to-noise ratio) for the intelligibility of sentences presented in noise. This finding corresponds well with the absence of postoperative high-frequency sensorineural loss in these patients. Using two types of prostheses we found a significant amelioration of speech intelligibility in quiet for the Schuknecht minihole prosthesis as compared to the House wire loop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Middelweerd
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feenstra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van der Baan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plomp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise; D012086:Reoperation / Q000009:adverse effects; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013201:Stapes Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*