Adaptation of the STARR test for adult Italian population: A speech test for a realistic estimate in real-life listening conditions.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To introduce the Italian adaptation of the STARR test based on a roving-level adaptive method to mimic challenging real-life listening conditions for use in people with auditory prostheses. DESIGN:Normative data were collected and interlist-variability, as well as learning effects, were investigated using a within-subject design with repeated measures. STUDY SAMPLE:A group of 32 normal-hearing (NH) adults participated in the study. RESULTS:The average speech reception threshold (SRT) for NH subjects was -8.4 dB SNR. The variability of mean SRTs across test lists was relatively small (≤1 dB for all test lists). The statistically significant differences between lists were eliminated after applying correction factors. On the basis of variability for the corrected SRTs within each subject, a difference of 2.8 dB in SRT was meaningful for outcome comparisons using one test list per condition and 2 dB using two lists per condition. Statistical analysis did not show any significant learning effects. CONCLUSIONS:Findings in NH listeners suggested that the Italian STARR test could be a promising supplement to existing speech assessment tools. Further studies in populations with hearing impairment could contribute to cross-language studies.

journal_name

Int J Audiol

authors

Dincer D'Alessandro H,Ballantyne D,De Seta E,Musacchio A,Mancini P

doi

10.3109/14992027.2015.1124296

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-01-01 00:00:00

pages

262-7

issue

4

eissn

1499-2027

issn

1708-8186

journal_volume

55

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