title: A comparative evaluation of the Maryland NU 6 auditory test.
abstract: This study was conducted to determine the performance-intensity functions of the Maryland NU 6 Auditory Test (female voice) with normal-hearing and hearing-impaired persons, to examine equivalency of the four lists, and to compare performance scores on this test with those obtained on the CID W-22 Test and the Maryland CNC Test. Three lists were judged to be equivalent, and there was good test-retest reliability. The test made distinctions among individuals with varying degrees of high-frequency hearing loss. Word recognition scores for the Maryland NU 6 and Maryland CNC Tests were remarkably similar, but differed significantly from those obtained on the W-22 Test.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006316:Hearing Loss, High-Frequency / Q000175:diagnosis; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged