Development of the North American Listening in Spatialized Noise–Sentences Test (NA LiSN-S): Sentence Equivalence, Normative Data, and Test–Retest Reliability Studies

Cameron, Sharon; Brown, David K.; Keith, Robert W.; Martin, Jeffrey; Watson, Charlene; Dillon, Harvey

doi:10.3766/jaaa.20.2.6

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“…Several previous studies have also found no significant effect of age under at least some conditions (Litovsky, 2005;Garadat and Litovsky, 2007). Some previous studies have found a significant effect under some conditions, but the direction of the effect varies between studies and/or conditions Litovsky, 2005;Cameron and Dillon, 2007;Cameron et al, 2009;Vaillancourt et al, 2008;van Deun et al, 2010). We hypothesize that when the target and masker are dissimilar (i.e., low informational masking) and there is reverberation present, the SRM is small, and there is little or no effect of age.…”

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“…We hypothesize that when the target and masker are dissimilar (i.e., low informational masking) and there is reverberation present, the SRM is small, and there is little or no effect of age. This contrasts with tests performed under essentially anechoic conditions, and where the target and masker are easily confused (i.e., high informational masking), where the SRM is large and increases with age (Cameron and Dillon, 2007;Cameron et al, 2009). It may be that the fewer cues available to separate the target from the competition, the more likely it is that spatial advantage increases with age.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Studies with symmetrical maskers effectively presented under headphones with simulated anechoic conditions showed larger SRMs that increased with age (Cameron and Dillon, 2007;Cameron et al, 2009). Studies with asymmetrical maskers in the presence of reverberation showed smaller SRMs.…”

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“…The spatial advantage increased from 8.7 dB for 5-yr-old children up to 12.9 dB for 11-yr-old children. Subsequent work with adolescents revealed that spatial advantage continued to improve and reached adult-like performance by about 14 yr of age (Cameron et al, 2009).…”

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Spatial release from masking in normal-hearing children and children who use hearing aids

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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Listening to speech in competing sounds poses a major difficulty for children with impaired hearing. This study aimed to determine the ability of children (3-12 yr of age) to use spatial separation between target speech and competing babble to improve speech intelligibility. Fifty-eight children (31 with normal hearing and 27 with impaired hearing who use bilateral hearing aids) were assessed by word and sentence material. Speech reception thresholds (SRTs) were measured with speech presented from 0 azimuth, and competing babble from either 0 or 690 azimuth. Spatial release from masking (SRM) was defined as the difference between SRTs measured with co-located speech and babble and SRTs measured with spatially separated speech and babble. On average, hearingimpaired children attained near-normal performance when speech and babble originated from the frontal source, but performed poorer than their normal-hearing peers when babble was spatially separated from target speech. On average, normal-hearing children obtained an SRM of 3 dB whereas children with hearing loss did not demonstrate SRM. Results suggest that hearing-impaired children may need enhancement in signal-to-noise ratio to hear speech in difficult listening conditions as well as normal-hearing children.

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Section: B Srm: Effect Of Age and Hearing Thresholdsmentioning

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Spatial release from masking in normal-hearing children and children who use hearing aids

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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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“…Auditory segregation skills were measured using the North American Listening in Spatialized Noise-Sentence Test (NA LiSN-S) [29]. Target sentences are spoken by a female in the presence of a competing signal that is either the same female voice or a male voice narrating a story.…”

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Auditory difficulties in blast-exposed Veterans with clinically normal hearing

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Abstract-Vast numbers of blast-injured Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation New Dawn personnel report postconcussive symptoms that include headache, dizziness, poor memory, and difficulty concentrating. In addition, many report hearing problems, such as difficulty understanding speech in noise, yet have no measureable peripheral auditory deficits. In this article, self-report and performancebased measures were used to assess 99 blast-exposed Veterans. All participants reported auditory problems in difficult listening situations but had clinically normal hearing. Participants' scores on self-report questionnaires of auditory difficulties were more similar to scores of older individuals with hearing impairment than to those of younger individuals with normal hearing. Participants showed deficits relative to published normative data on a number of performance-based tests that have demonstrated sensitivity to auditory processing deficits. There were several measures on which more than the expected number of participants (15.9%) performed one or more standard deviations below the mean. These were assessments of speech understanding in noise, binaural processing, temporal resolution, and speech segregation. Performance was not universally poor, with approximately 53% of participants performing abnormally on between 3 and 6 of the 10 measures. We concluded that participants exhibited task-specific deficits that add to the evidence suggesting that blast injury results in damage to the central auditory system. Clinical

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The Correlation Analysis Between the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ) and the Psychophysical Measurement of Spatial Hearing

Abdollahi

Delphi

2019

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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The aim of the present study was examining the relationship between a psychophysical spatial hearing test (spatial word in noise test) and Spatial Hearing Questionnaire. Sixty-six adults (18-40 years old) were divided in three groups: normal subjects, subjects with mild and moderate hearing loss. Spatial word in noise test and Persian version of the spatial hearing questionnaire were evaluated and compared among these groups. According to Pearson's test, there was a significant positive correlation between the scores of spatial word in noise test and Persian version of the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire in three groups (r = 0.64-0.89). Hearing loss can deteriorate spatial hearing ability. Both objective and subjective spatial hearing tests are shown to be effective in detecting spatial hearing disorder.

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Development of the North American Listening in Spatialized Noise–Sentences Test (NA LiSN-S): Sentence Equivalence, Normative Data, and Test–Retest Reliability Studies

Cited by 43 publications

References 11 publications

Spatial release from masking in normal-hearing children and children who use hearing aids

Spatial release from masking in normal-hearing children and children who use hearing aids

Auditory difficulties in blast-exposed Veterans with clinically normal hearing

The Correlation Analysis Between the Spatial Hearing Questionnaire (SHQ) and the Psychophysical Measurement of Spatial Hearing

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