The impact of speech rate on sentence recognition by elderly individuals

Lessa, Alexandre Hundertmarck; Costa, Maristela Júlio

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“…In recent years, the SLP-BR test proved to be very versatile for research purposes (7,8,9,10) and have different goals and strategies of implementation, hence it can be used in various ways, according to the objective of raters. Therefore, a decision was made to develop the new proposal.…”

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Desenvolvimento do teste Listas de Sentenças Dicóticas em Português Brasileiro

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Santos

2016

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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Purpose: To develop Brazilian Portuguese Dichotic Sentence List Test, check its applicability and propose an application protocol for auditory processing assessment. Methods: The lists of sentences were taken from the original material, analyzed in detailed and adapted to form the new test. To compose pairs of sentences with as much of the same duration as possible, the duration of each sentence was statistically analyzed within the same list and among lists. The lists were combined in increasing order of length, within each list; and combinations of the lists were formed according to the length of sentences, resulting in 42 different sets of lists. Then, the test was performed with 42 normal hearing individuals. Individuals were instructed on how to answer: initially, they should repeat the sentences presented to both ears (attention divided between the right and the left ears). Then, the steps for the right ear phrases (attention directed to the right ear), and finally for the left ear (attention directed to the left ear) were performed. Results: The new material was composed as follows: track 1, pure tone calibration; track 2, modified 1A list; and tracks 3 to 44, the 42 possible combinations among the lists. After the test was applied, an application protocol was suggested. Conclusion: The Brazilian Portuguese Dichotic Sentence List Test was developed and proved to be an instrument that can be used in adults. Therefore, a protocol was proposed with two different combinations of lists and presentation sequence for auditory processing assessment.Keywords: Hearing; Speech discrimination tests; Auditory perception; Audiology; Hearing Tests RESUMO Objetivo: Desenvolver o teste Listas de Sentenças Dicóticas em Português Brasileiro, verificar sua aplicabilidade e propor um protocolo de aplicação para avaliação do processamento auditivo. Métodos: As listas de frases foram extraídas do material original, submetidas a uma análise criteriosa e ao processo de adaptação, para compor o novo teste. Para formar pares de frases com duração mais aproximada possível, foi analisado estatisticamente o tempo de duração de cada sentença, dentro de uma mesma lista e entre listas. Estas foram combinadas em ordem crescente de duração, dentro de cada lista, e realizadas as combinações das listas entre si, de acordo com a duração das sentenças, gerando 42 conjuntos distintos de listas. Em seguida, o teste foi aplicado em 42 indivíduos normo-ouvintes. Os indivíduos foram instruídos sobre a forma de resposta, devendo repetir, inicialmente, as sentenças de ambas as orelhas (atenção dividida entre orelha direita e esquerda), em seguida, as frases da orelha direita (atenção direcionada para a orelha direita) e, finalmente, as da orelha esquerda (atenção direcionada para a orelha esquerda). Resultados: O novo material ficou composto da seguinte forma: faixa 1, tom puro de calibração; faixa 2, lista 1A modificada e faixas 3 a 44, as 42 possibilidades de combinação entre as listas. Após a realização do teste, foi sugerido um protocolo ...

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Desenvolvimento do teste Listas de Sentenças Dicóticas em Português Brasileiro

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2016

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“…The importance of reaching the best way to evaluate temporal resolution auditory skill is highlighted, as it is closely related to speech intelligibility 36 , being responsible for distinguishing or resolving sound stimuli 37 . A valuable guideline that should be given to the elderly or their caregiver is that it is not always necessary to speak stronger, since it is pointed out 38 that, regardless of the peripheral condition, message recognition is facilitated when speech is performed at a slower speed and in silence. Table 3 also shows the reference values for MLD, the averages found for the group of elderly with normal thresholds and those with hearing loss, are close.…”

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The study of responses to auditory processing tests in the elderly

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Objective: to generate reference values for different central auditory processing tests, investigating the influence of peripheral hearing and considering education and cognition, in the elderly. Methods: a prospective, quantitative and cross-sectional study. The casuistry consisted of 23 elderly, aged between 60 and 81 years old, being 8 men and 14 women. Regarding the audiological characteristics, the elderly were included with normal auditory thresholds or mild and moderate sensorineural hearing loss, classified by the quadritonal average, proposed by the World Health Organization. All elderly underwent Basic Audiological Evaluation, Edinburgh Handedness Inventory, Mini Mental State Examination, and seven central auditory behavioral tests. Statistical analysis was performed using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test. Results: the Adapted Time-Compressed Speech Test was influenced by the peripheral hearing loss, in both ears (p-value = 0,000), and no significant differences were found in the other data analyzed. Conclusion: reference values were generated for the different behavioral tests. Hearing loss influenced the results of the Adapted Time-Compressed Speech Test, suggesting that it should not be applied in the elderly with peripheral alteration. Regarding education and cognition, there was a similarity among the elderly with normal hearing thresholds and those presented with hearing loss.

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“…Understanding speech is one of the most important elements in human communication, and this is the reason why the use of sentences is considered the most accurate instrument to assess the communication of individuals, because their performance before sentences will provide results of everyday speech situations (8,12,21) . Habitual speech situations are typically associated with presence of competitive noise, and this aspect is also one of the complaints most frequently mentioned by older individuals (23) .…”

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“…Studies (3,7,8) have demonstrated that a common complaint among the elderly population refers to the difficulty in understanding speech in presence of competitive noise. When difficulty in understanding speech is observed, especially in noise, it is suggested that temporal processing is in decline (7) .…”

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Índice de inteligibilidade de fala – Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) e reconhecimento de sentenças no ruído. Estudo em idosos com e sem alteração cognitiva usuários de próteses auditivas

Silva

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Iório

2018

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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RESUMO Objetivo Investigar os efeitos dos processos cognitivos e do Índice de Inteligibilidade de Fala no reconhecimento de fala no ruído em idosos, com e sem alteração cognitiva, usuários de próteses auditivas. Métodos 34 idosos, de 64 a 87 anos, com perda auditiva neurossensorial simétrica de grau moderado, usuários de próteses auditivas, foram distribuídos em grupos de idosos sem (GA; n=21) e com (GB; n=13) evidências de alteração cognitiva. A fim de garantir que o ajuste das próteses auditivas estivesse adequado, realizou-se o mapeamento visível de fala amplificada e foram obtidos os indices de ínteligibilidade de fala. Os idosos foram submetidos a uma triagem cognitiva (10-CS) e ao teste Lista de Sentenças em Português. A avaliação constou da pesquisa do limiar de reconhecimento de sentenças no ruído. Esta pesquisa foi realizada em campo livre, na condição sem e com próteses auditivas. Para análise estatística, foram utilizados os testes de Qui-Quadrado e Mann-Whitney. O nível de significância adotado foi de 0,05. Resultados Não houve diferença significativa entre os índices de inteligibilidade de fala obtidos em ambos os grupos, tanto na condição com próteses auditivas, como na condição sem as próteses. Verificou-se que os idosos com e sem alteração cognitiva apresentaram o mesmo acesso aos sons da fala (SII), nas duas condições. Observou-se que os idosos sem alteração cognitiva apresentaram menor relação sinal/ruído média, para o reconhecimento de 50% das sentenças na presença de ruído tanto na condição sem próteses auditivas como na condição com próteses, do que aqueles com alteração cognitiva. Conclusão Idosos com melhor cognição apresentaram melhor reconhecimento de fala em condições de escuta difícil.

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The impact of speech rate on sentence recognition by elderly individuals

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Desenvolvimento do teste Listas de Sentenças Dicóticas em Português Brasileiro

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The study of responses to auditory processing tests in the elderly

Índice de inteligibilidade de fala – Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) e reconhecimento de sentenças no ruído. Estudo em idosos com e sem alteração cognitiva usuários de próteses auditivas

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