Measurement of speech reception threshold. A comparison between two methods.
In an earlier work (Hagerman, 1979) several speech reception threshold (SRT) methods were simulated in a computer. New methods were found to be more effective than the common 10-word method. In a clinical investigation the new 2 X 4-word method was compared with the common method. The result showed that the new method required fewer words than the common method. New simulations also showed that the 2 X 4-word method was somewhat more reliable than the 10-word method.
D000368:Aged; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013067:Speech Perception; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test / Q000379:methods*