title: In-flight speech intelligibility evaluation of a service member with sensorineural hearing loss: case report.
abstract: This case report describes the in-flight speech intelligibility evaluation of an aircraft crewmember with pure tone audiometric thresholds that exceed the U.S. Army's flight standards. Results of in-flight speech intelligibility testing highlight the inability to predict functional auditory abilities from pure tone audiometry and underscore the importance of conducting validated functional hearing evaluations to determine aviation fitness-for-duty.
authors.affiliation: United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, 6901 Farrel Avenue, Fort Rucker, Alabama 36330, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Casto
authors.forename: Timothy H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000401:Aircraft; D001299:Audiometry; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D013065:Speech Intelligibility