The equivalence of acceptable noise level (ANL) with English, Mandarin, and non-semantic speech: A study across the U.S. and Taiwan

Abstract

The results suggested the possibility of directly comparing ANL measures carried out in different countries using different languages. However, it remains unclear if the ISTS can serve as an international ANL stimulus.

Acceptable noise level (ANL) and real-world hearing-aid success in Taiwanese listeners

“…In agreement with our previous study (Ho et al, 2012), the mean Taiwanese ANL (11.6 dB) was very close to the mean ISTS-ANL (10.5 dB).…”

“…Specifi cally, ANL has been shown to be highly sensitive to instruction translation/interpretation (Ho et al, 2012). The difference in instruction translation/interpretation could affect the relationship between ANL and hearing-aid success observed across Denmark, the USA, and Taiwan.…”

“…The instructions were translated from the English version included with the ANL CD. Special care was taken to ensure that the phrases ' accept ' and ' put up with ' were accurately translated (Ho et al, 2012). The ANL was measured using Taiwanese and the ISTS.…”

Predicting three-month and 12-month post-fitting real-world hearing-aid outcome using pre-fitting acceptable noise level (ANL)

“…Inc.) was used as the noise signal. The details of the development of the speech material, the selection of the babble, and the validation of the Taiwanese ANL are described in Ho et al (2013a).…”

The ANL: Does it, or does it not?

“…This procedure, later termed the acceptable noise level (ANL) test (Rogers et al, 2003), has gained considerable research interest, as well as some clinical application. In fact, the original test has been translated into different languages (Chen et al, 2011;Ho et al, 2013;Olsen et al, 2012a,b).…”