title: [Indication for and verification of hearing aid benefit using modern methods of speech audiometry in German].
abstract: The current guidelines for hearing aid supply in Germany employ the often criticised Freiburg monosyllabic speech test (FBE) in quiet. This test can be replaced with the monosyllabic rhyme test by von Wallenberg and Kollmeier (WaKo) in quiet and by the measurement of a speech reception threshold in an interfering noise at a moderate level (45 dB SPL) using either the Göttingen or the Oldenburg sentence test (criterion: 2 dB improvement in SNR, "signal-to-noise ratio"). This procedure was investigated in a group of 38 participants with a sensorineural hearing impairment (mild, moderate or severe hearing loss) and 11 volunteers with normal hearing. On average, comparable indications were achieved. Participants with a mild hearing loss and a selective problem with listening in interfering noise were assessed more fairly.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Physik, Universität Oldenburg und Kompetenzzentrum HörTech gGmbH, Marie-Curie-Str. 2, 26129, Oldenburg, Deutschland. birger.kollmeier@uni-oldenburg.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kollmeier
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lenarz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zokoll
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sukowski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wagener
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001302:Audiometry, Speech / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*