Trial reportJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2013
Auditory brainstem response to complex sounds predicts self-reported speech-in-noise performance.
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- Effect of digital noise-reduction processing on subcortical speech encoding and relationship to behavioral outcomes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Classifying coherent versus nonsense speech perception from EEG using linguistic speech features.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Assessing Auditory Processing in Children with Listening Difficulties: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Differences in neural encoding of speech in noise between cochlear implant users with and without preserved acoustic hearing.Hearing research · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Contralateral Suppression of Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emission and Unmasking of Speech Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- Aging process and central auditory pathway: a study based on auditory brainstem evoked potential and frequency-following response.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Article
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- Longitudinal auditory pathophysiology following mild blast-induced trauma.Journal of neurophysiology · 2021Article
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purposeTo compare the ability of the auditory brainstem response to complex sounds (cABR) to predict subjective ratings of speech understanding in noise on the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ; Gatehouse & Noble, 2004) relative to the predictive ability of the Quick Speech-in-Noise test (QuickSIN; Killion, Niquette, Gudmundsen, Revit, & Banerjee, 2004) and pure-tone hearing thresholds.
methodParticipants included 111 middle- to older-age adults (range = 45-78) with audiometric configurations ranging from normal hearing levels to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. In addition to using audiometric testing, the authors also used such evaluation measures as the QuickSIN, the SSQ, and the cABR.
resultsMultiple linear regression analysis indicated that the inclusion of brainstem variables in a model with QuickSIN, hearing thresholds, and age accounted for 30% of the variance in the Speech subtest of the SSQ, compared with significantly less variance (19%) when brainstem variables were not included.
conclusionThe authors' results demonstrate the cABR's efficacy for predicting self-reported speech-in-noise perception difficulties. The fact that the cABR predicts more variance in self-reported speech-in-noise (SIN) perception than either the QuickSIN or hearing thresholds indicates that the cABR provides additional insight into an individual's ability to hear in background noise. In addition, the findings underscore the link between the cABR and hearing in noise.
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