Evaluation of Speech Recognition Skills in Different Noises with the Turkish Matrix Sentence Test in Hearing Aid Users
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 59 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 133 - 138 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.4274/tao.2021.6179 İndeks Tarihi: 25-05-2022
Evaluation of Speech Recognition Skills in Different Noises with the Turkish Matrix Sentence Test in Hearing Aid Users
Öz: Objective: This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of the Turkish matrix sentence test
in evaluating the speech recognition performance of hearing aid users under different noise
conditions.
Methods: Speech recognition performance of 42 individuals, 20 to 65 years of age (mean 49.1±14
years) with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was measured in noise with the Turkish matrix
sentence test without a background noise and with headphones. Additionally, the participants’
speech recognition thresholds were measured with a matrix test while wearing their hearing aid
under three different listening conditions in which the phases of speech and noise stimuli were
changed with constant and fluctuating noise.
Results: Speech-recognition thresholds were better in fluctuating noise than in constant noise in
all listening conditions, and this difference was statistically significant (p=0.02). In both types of
noise, speech-recognition thresholds of bilateral hearing aid users (n=29) were lower (better) than
those of unilateral hearing aid users (n=13) under three different listening conditions, but there
was no statistically significant difference (p=0.67). Speech-recognition thresholds without hearing
aids were statistically higher (worse) than those obtained with hearing aids (p=0.001).
Conclusion: Since the Turkish matrix sentence test gives useful results, this test can be used in
the diagnosis, follow-up, and rehabilitation planning of hearing aid users. We observed that speech
intelligibility was better, although there were differences among those with hearing loss when the
speech test was conducted in fluctuating background noise with the Turkish matrix sentence test.
Keywords: Hearing loss, hearing aid, auditory rehabilitation, Turkish matrix sentence test,
fluctuating noise, constant noise, speech audiometry
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