Speech-in-noise testing: Innovative applications for pediatric patients, underrepresented populations, fitness for duty, clinical trials, and remote services

VA Sanchez, ML Arnold, DR Moore, O Clavier… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Speech perception testing, defined as providing standardized speech stimuli and requiring a
listener to provide a behavioral and scored response, has been an integral part of the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment methods for determining small changes in hearing performance over time

DS Brungart, LGP Sherlock, SE Kuchinsky… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Although the behavioral pure-tone threshold audiogram is considered the gold standard for
quantifying hearing loss, assessment of speech understanding, especially in noise, is more …

Web-based psychoacoustics: Hearing screening, infrastructure, and validation

BA Mok, V Viswanathan, A Borjigin, R Singh… - Behavior research …, 2024 - Springer
Anonymous web-based experiments are increasingly used in many domains of behavioral
research. However, online studies of auditory perception, especially of psychoacoustic …

Current age and language use impact speech-in-noise differently for monolingual and bilingual adults

RE Bieber, I Phillips, GM Ellis… - Journal of Speech …, 2025 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Some bilinguals may exhibit lower performance when recognizing speech in noise
(SiN) in their second language (L2) compared to monolinguals in their first language. Poorer …

Examining the utility of near infrared light as pre-exposure therapy to mitigate temporary noise-induced hearing loss in humans

E Williams, K Minesinger, H Gallagher… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This study sought to determine the effect of Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) compliant noise on auditory health and assess whether pre-noise …

Speech and Non-Speech Auditory Task Performance by Non-Native English Speakers

B McNamara, DS Brungart, RE Bieber, I Phillips… - Ear and …, 2025 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The goal of this study was to determine if performance on speech and non-
speech clinical measures of auditory perception differs between two groups of adults: self …

Develo** an evidence-based military auditory fitness-for-duty standard based on the 80-word Modified Rhyme Test

DS Brungart, BM Sheffield, H Galloza… - Ear and …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: One important function of military audiology is to conduct evaluations of service
members (SMs) with hearing loss to ensure they are fit for deployment in dangerous …

Improving the Predictive Strength of Better-Ear Four-Frequency Pure-Tone Average With the Addition of the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey-Hearing Subscale

GM Ellis, R Bieber, A Davidson, LG Sherlock… - Ear and …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The objective of this project was to quantify the relative efficacy of a four-
frequency pure-tone average in the better ear (PTA4), the Hearing subscale of the Tinnitus …

Enhancing the Hearing Conservation Audiological Test Battery in Noise-Exposed DoD Service Members

TN Paige - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This research study compared how audiometric results differ in service members who are
and those who are not exposed to occupational hazardous noise. To address this question …

Develo** an Arabic speech in noise test as a measure of auditory fitness for duty

IO Rawas - 2023 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Hearing commands in noisy backgrounds is a frequent and important task in many fast-
response occupations such as the military and the police force. Inability to hear and …