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Valentin O, Lehmann A, Nguyen D, Paquette S. Integrating Emotion Perception in Rehabilitation Programs for Cochlear Implant Users: A Call for a More Comprehensive Approach. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2024; 67:1635-1642. [PMID: 38619441 DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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PURPOSE Postoperative rehabilitation programs for cochlear implant (CI) recipients primarily emphasize enhancing speech perception. However, effective communication in everyday social interactions necessitates consideration of diverse verbal social cues to facilitate language comprehension. Failure to discern emotional expressions may lead to maladjusted social behavior, underscoring the importance of integrating social cues perception into rehabilitation initiatives to enhance CI users' well-being. After conventional rehabilitation, CI users demonstrate varying levels of emotion perception abilities. This disparity notably impacts young CI users, whose emotion perception deficit can extend to social functioning, encompassing coping strategies and social competence, even when relying on nonauditory cues such as facial expressions. Knowing that emotion perception abilities generally decrease with age, acknowledging emotion perception impairments in aging CI users is crucial, especially since a direct correlation between quality-of-life scores and vocal emotion recognition abilities has been observed in adult CI users. After briefly reviewing the scope of CI rehabilitation programs and summarizing the mounting evidence on CI users' emotion perception deficits and their impact, we will present our recommendations for embedding emotional training as part of enriched and standardized evaluation/rehabilitation programs that can improve CI users' social integration and quality of life. CONCLUSIONS Evaluating all aspects, including emotion perception, in CI rehabilitation programs is crucial because it ensures a comprehensive approach that enhances speech comprehension and the emotional dimension of communication, potentially improving CI users' social interaction and overall well-being. The development of emotion perception training holds promises for CI users and individuals grappling with various forms of hearing loss and sensory deficits. Ultimately, adopting such a comprehensive approach has the potential to significantly elevate the overall quality of life for a broad spectrum of patients.
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- Olivier Valentin
- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research and Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (BRAMS and CRBLM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research and Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (BRAMS and CRBLM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research and Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (BRAMS and CRBLM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research and Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (BRAMS and CRBLM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Gambacorta V, Stivalini D, Faralli M, Lapenna R, Della Volpe A, Malerba P, Di Nardo W, Di Cesare T, Orzan E, Ricci G. Pediatric normative data for a novel and fast speech perception test in noise. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2024; 180:111928. [PMID: 38593717 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.111928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Communicating in noisy settings can be difficult due to interference and environmental noise, which can impact intelligibility for those with hearing impairments and those with normal hearing threshold. Speech intelligibility is commonly assessed in audiology through speech audiometry in quiet environments. Nevertheless, this test may not effectively assess hearing challenges in noisy environments, as total silence is rare in daily activities. A recently patented method, known as the SRT50 FAST, has been developed for conducting speech audiometry in noise. This new method enables the acceleration and simplification of free field speech audiometry tests involving competition noise. This study aims to establish normative scores and standardize the SRT50 FAST method as a test for evaluating speech perception in noise in pediatric patients. METHODS The study included 30 participants with normal hearing, consisting of 11 females and 19 males, ranging in age from 6 to 11 years. A series of speech audiometry tests were conducted to determine the speech reception threshold 50% (SRT50) in competing conditions. This included testing both the fast mode (SRT50 FAST) currently being studied and the traditional method (SRT50 CLASSIC). The SRT50, or Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) at which 50% of speech recognition occurred, was investigated for both methods. RESULTS The mean SRT50 FAST test score was -2.69 (SD = 3.15). The dataset exhibited a normal distribution with values ranging from 3.60 to -8.60. Since the scores are expressed in SRT, higher scores indicate poorer performance. We have established a threshold of 3.60 as the upper limit of the normal range, therefore, patients with scores above this threshold are considered to have abnormal results. CONCLUSIONS This study aimed to establish normative data for the evaluation of free field speech in noise recognition using the SRT50 FAST method in the pediatric population. This method accurately investigates the necessary signal-to-noise ratio for achieving 50% recognition scores with bisyllabic words in a quick manner. The ultimate objective is to employ this test to identify the optimal configuration of hearing rehabilitation devices, particularly for pediatric patients with hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. Additionally, it can be used to assess pediatric patients with unilateral hearing loss.
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- Valeria Gambacorta
- Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
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- Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Otology and Cochlear Implant Unit, Department of Otolaryngology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Audiology and Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS, "Burlo Garofolo", 34137, Trieste, Italy
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- Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Kerneis S, Galvin JJ, Borel S, Baqué J, Fu QJ, Bakhos D. Preliminary evaluation of computer-assisted home training for French cochlear implant recipients. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285154. [PMID: 37115775 PMCID: PMC10146517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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For French cochlear implant (CI) recipients, in-person clinical auditory rehabilitation is typically provided during the first few years post-implantation. However, this is often inconvenient, it requires substantial time resources and can be problematic when appointments are unavailable. In response, we developed a computer-based home training software ("French AngelSound™") for French CI recipients. We recently conducted a pilot study to evaluate the newly developed French AngelSound™ in 15 CI recipients (5 unilateral, 5 bilateral, 5 bimodal). Outcome measures included phoneme recognition in quiet and sentence recognition in noise. Unilateral CI users were tested with the CI alone. Bilateral CI users were tested with each CI ear alone to determine the poorer ear to be trained, as well as with both ears (binaural performance). Bimodal CI users were tested with the CI ear alone, and with the contralateral hearing aid (binaural performance). Participants trained at home over a one-month period (10 hours total). Phonemic contrast training was used; the level of difficulty ranged from phoneme discrimination in quiet to phoneme identification in multi-talker babble. Unilateral and bimodal CI users trained with the CI alone; bilateral CI users trained with the poorer ear alone. Outcomes were measured before training (pre-training), immediately after training was completed (post-training), and one month after training was stopped (follow-up). For all participants, post-training CI-only vowel and consonant recognition scores significantly improved after phoneme training with the CI ear alone. For bilateral and bimodal CI users, binaural vowel and consonant recognition scores also significantly improved after training with a single CI ear. Follow-up measures showed that training benefits were largely retained. These preliminary data suggest that the phonemic contrast training in French AngelSound™ may significantly benefit French CI recipients and may complement clinical auditory rehabilitation, especially when in-person visits are not possible.
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- University Hospital Center of Tours, FRA, Tours, France
- House Institute Foundation, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- University Hospital Center of Tours, FRA, Tours, France
- Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière and Sorbonne University, FRA, Tours, France
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- University Hospital Center of Tours, FRA, Tours, France
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- University Hospital Center of Tours, FRA, Tours, France
- House Institute Foundation, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- INSERM UMR 1253 I-Brain, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, CHRU de Tours, FRA, Tours, France
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Xi X, Wang Y, Shi Y, Gao R, Li S, Qiu X, Wang Q, Xu L. Development and Validation of a Mandarin Chinese Adaptation of AzBio Sentence Test (CMnBio). Trends Hear 2022; 26:23312165221134007. [PMID: 36303434 PMCID: PMC9619879 DOI: 10.1177/23312165221134007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A new sentence recognition test in Mandarin Chinese was developed and validated following the principles and procedures of development of the English AzBio sentence materials. The study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, 1,020 sentences spoken by 4 talkers (2 males and 2 females) were processed through a 5-channel noise vocoder and presented to 17 normal-hearing Mandarin-speaking adults for recognition. A total of 600 sentences (150 from each talker) in the range of approximately 62 to 92% correct (mean = 78.0% correct) were subsequently selected to compile 30, 20-sentence lists. In the second stage, 30 adult CI users were recruited to verify the list equivalency. A repeated-measures analysis of variance followed by the post hoc Tukey's test revealed that 26 of the 30 lists were equivalent. Finally, a binomial distribution model was adopted to account for the inherent variability in the lists. It was found that the inter-list variability could be best accounted for with a 65-item binomial distribution model. The lower and upper limits of the 95% critical differences for one- and two-list recognition scores were then generated to provide guidance for detection of a significant difference in recognition scores in clinical settings. The final set of 26 equivalent lists contains sentence materials more difficult than those found in other speech audiometry materials in Mandarin Chinese. This test should help minimize the ceiling effects when testing sentence recognition in Mandarin-speaking CI users.
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- Xin Xi
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, The Sixth
Medical Center, Chinese PLA
General Hospital, Beijing, China,National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases,
Beijing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Zhejiang
Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of BioMedical Engineering, Capital Medical
University, Beijing, China
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- School of Communication Science, Beijing Language and Culture
University, Beijing, China
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- School of Medical Technology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical
University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, The Sixth
Medical Center, Chinese PLA
General Hospital, Beijing, China,National Clinical Research Center for Otolaryngologic Diseases,
Beijing, China
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- Communication Sciences and Disorders, Ohio University, Athens, OH,
USA,Li Xu, Communication Sciences and
Disorders, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
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Taitelbaum-Swead R, Fostick L. The Effect of Age, Type of Noise, and Cochlear Implants on Adaptive Sentence-in-Noise Task. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11195872. [PMID: 36233739 PMCID: PMC9571224 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Adaptive tests of sentences in noise mimic the challenge of daily listening situations. The aims of the present study were to validate an adaptive version of the HeBio sentence test on normal hearing (NH) adults; to evaluate the effect of age and type of noise on speech reception threshold in noise (SRTn); and to test it on prelingual adults with cochlear implants (CI). In Experiment 1, 45 NH young adults listened to two lists accompanied by four-talker babble noise (4TBN). Experiment 2 presented the sentences amidst 4TBN or speech-shaped noise (SSN) to 80 participants in four age groups. In Experiment 3, 18 CI adult users with prelingual bilateral profound hearing loss performed the test amidst SSN, along with HeBio sentences and monosyllabic words in quiet and forward digits span. The main findings were as follows: SRTn for NH participants was normally distributed and had high test–retest reliability; SRTn was lower among adolescents and young adults than middle-aged and older adults, and were better for SSN than 4TBN; SRTn for CI users was higher and more variant than for NH and correlated with speech perception tests in quiet, digits span, and age at first CI. This suggests that the adaptive HeBio can be implemented in clinical and research settings with various populations.
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- Riki Taitelbaum-Swead
- Department of Communication Disorders, Ariel University, Ariel 4077625, Israel
- Medical Division, Meuhedet Health Services, Tel Aviv 6203854, Israel
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Communication Disorders, Ariel University, Ariel 4077625, Israel
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Buisson Savin J, Reynard P, Bailly-Masson E, Joseph C, Joly CA, Boiteux C, Thai-Van H. Adult Normative Data for the Adaptation of the Hearing in Noise Test in European French (HINT-5 Min). Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10071306. [PMID: 35885831 PMCID: PMC9315974 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10071306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Decreased speech-in-noise (SpIN) understanding is an early marker not only of presbycusis but also of auditory processing disorder. Previous research has shown a strong relationship between hearing disorders and cognitive limitations. It is therefore crucial to allow SpIN testing in subjects who cannot sustain prolonged diagnostic procedures. The objectives of this study were to develop a rapid and reproducible version of the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT-5 min), and to determine its adult normative values in free-field and monaural or binaural headphone conditions. Following an adaptive signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) protocol, the test used a fixed noise level, while the signal level varied to reach the 50% speech reception threshold (SRT50). The speech material consisted of five lists of 20 sentences each, all recorded in European French. The whole semi-automated procedure lasted 5 min and was administered to 83 subjects aged 19 to 49 years with no reported listening difficulties. Fifty-two subjects were retested between 7 and 8 days later. For the binaural free-field condition, the mean SRT50 was −1.0 dB SNR with a standard deviation of 1.3 dB SNR. There was no significant difference between the results obtained at test and retest, nor was there any effect of listening condition, sex, or age on SRT50. The results indicate that the procedure is robust and not affected by any learning phenomenon. The HINT-5 min was found to be both a fast and reliable marker of the ability to understand speech in background noise.
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- Johanna Buisson Savin
- Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, INSERM U1120, 75012 Paris, France; (J.B.S.); (P.R.); (C.-A.J.)
- Amplifon France, 94110 Arcueil, France; (E.B.-M.); (C.J.); (C.B.)
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- Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, INSERM U1120, 75012 Paris, France; (J.B.S.); (P.R.); (C.-A.J.)
- Service d’Audiologie et d’Explorations Otoneurologiques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 69003 Lyon, France
- Faculty of Medicine, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Amplifon France, 94110 Arcueil, France; (E.B.-M.); (C.J.); (C.B.)
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- Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, INSERM U1120, 75012 Paris, France; (J.B.S.); (P.R.); (C.-A.J.)
- Service d’Audiologie et d’Explorations Otoneurologiques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 69003 Lyon, France
- Faculty of Medicine, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, INSERM U1120, 75012 Paris, France; (J.B.S.); (P.R.); (C.-A.J.)
- Service d’Audiologie et d’Explorations Otoneurologiques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 69003 Lyon, France
- Faculty of Medicine, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Correspondence:
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Taitelbaum-Swead R, Dahan T, Katzenel U, Dorman MF, Litvak LM, Fostick L. AzBio Sentence test in Hebrew (HeBio): development, preliminary validation, and the effect of noise. Cochlear Implants Int 2022; 23:270-279. [DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2022.2083285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Riki Taitelbaum-Swead
- Department of Communication Disorders, Ariel University, Israel
- Meuhedet Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Audiology Service, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
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- Department of Communication Disorders, Ariel University, Israel
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James CJ, Laborde ML, Algans C, Tartayre M, Cochard N, Fraysse B, Deguine O, Marx M, Karoui C. The French MBAA2 sentence recognition in noise test for cochlear implant users. Int J Audiol 2022; 62:304-311. [PMID: 35290165 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2045368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The "Marginal benefit from acoustic amplification" version 2 (MBAA2) sentence test has been used in France in the routine evaluation of cochlear implant (CI) users for 20 years. Here we present four studies that characterise and validate the test, and compare it with the French matrix sentence test. DESIGN AND SAMPLE An analytic method was developed to obtain speech recognition threshold in noise (SNR50) from testing at a fixed signal to noise ratios (SNRs). Speech recognition was measured at several fixed SNRs in 18 normal-hearing listeners and 15 CI listeners. Then, the test-retest reliability of the MBAA2 was measured in an additional 15 CI listeners. Finally, list equivalence was evaluated in eight CI listeners. RESULTS The MBAA2 test produced lower SNR50s and SNR50s were obtained in more CI listeners than with the French matrix test. For the MBAA2, the standard deviation of test-retest differences in CI listeners was around 1 dB SNR. Three lists had deviant difficulty and nine low item-to-total correlations. CONCLUSIONS We propose to reduce the number of MBAA2 test lists to reduce variability. The MBAA2 test has high test-retest reliability for percent correct and SNR50, and is suitable for the assessment of cochlear implant patients.
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- C J James
- Cochlear France SAS, Toulouse, France
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- Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France.,Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France.,Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Cochlear France SAS, Toulouse, France.,Service ORL, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France.,Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Joly CA, Reynard P, Mezzi K, Bakhos D, Bergeron F, Bonnard D, Borel S, Bouccara D, Coez A, Dejean F, Del Rio M, Leclercq F, Henrion P, Marx M, Mom T, Mosnier I, Potier M, Renard C, Roy T, Sterkers-Artières F, Venail F, Verheyden P, Veuillet E, Vincent C, Thai-Van H. Guidelines of the French Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (SFORL) and the French Society of Audiology (SFA) for Speech-in-Noise Testing in Adults. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2022; 139:21-27. [PMID: 34140263 DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2021.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This document presents the fundamentals of speech audiometry in noise, general requirements for implementation and criteria for choice among the tests available in French according to the health-professional's needs. MATERIAL AND METHODS The recommendations are based on a systematic analysis of the literature carried out by a multidisciplinary group of doctors, audiologists and audioprosthetists from all over France. They are graded A, B, C or expert opinion according to decreasing level of scientific evidence. RESULTS Eight tests of speech audiometry in noise can be used in France. CONCLUSION To be complete, evaluation of hearing status requires testing understanding of speech in noise. The examination must begin with a minimum of two measurements familiarizing the subject with the test procedure. For initial diagnosis, adaptive procedures establishing the 50% speech reception threshold (SRT50) in noise are to be preferred in order to obtain a rapid and standardized measurement of perception of speech in noise. When the aim is to measure real-life speech comprehension, tests based on sentences, cocktail-party noise and free-field stimulation are to be preferred. Prosthetic gain is evaluated exclusively in free field. This is the only way to evaluate the contribution of binaurality and to measure perception in noise in an environment as close as possible to real life. In order to avoid acoustic interference in free field, at least five loudspeakers should be used, in particular for evaluating the effectiveness of directional microphones, CROS devices enabling sounds picked up in the damaged ear to be rerouted to the functional ear, or bimodal fitting (i.e., when hearing is enabled by two modalities: for example, hearing aid for one ear, cochlear implant for the other).
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- C-A Joly
- Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), 75012 Paris, France; Department of Audiology and Otoneurological Evaluation, Edouard-Herriot Hospital, HCL (Hospices Civils de Lyon), 69003 Lyon, France
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- Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), 75012 Paris, France; Department of Audiology and Otoneurological Evaluation, Edouard-Herriot Hospital, HCL (Hospices Civils de Lyon), 69003 Lyon, France; Claude-Bernard University Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Audiology and Otoneurological Evaluation, Edouard-Herriot Hospital, HCL (Hospices Civils de Lyon), 69003 Lyon, France
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- Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Tours, 37000 Tours, France; iBrain, Inserm U1253, University of Tours, 37000 Tours, France
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- Université Laval, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, G1V 0A6 Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), 75012 Paris, France; Department of ENT, University Hospital of Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Functional unit for auditory implants and audiovestibular testing, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ile de France reference centre for cochlear and brainstem implants in adults, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Group, Sorbonne University, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of ENT and Head & Neck Oncology, Georges-Pompidou European Hospital, Paris Ouest University Hospitals, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), 75012 Paris, France; Laboratoire de correction auditive Eric Bizaguet, 750001 Paris, France
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- French Society of Audiology, 75116 Paris, France
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- École d'Audioprothèse - Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Caudéran Audition, 33200 Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Audiologie Renard, 59000 Lille, France; Department of Otology and Otoneurology, Salengro Hospital, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- French Society of Audiology, 75116 Paris, France
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- Department of Otology, Otoneurology, and Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Pierre-Paul-Riquet Hospital, Toulouse Purpan University Hospital, 31000 Toulouse, France; Brain and Cognition Laboratory, UMR 5549, Toulouse III University, 31000 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Gabriel-Montpied University Hospital, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Inserm UMR 1107, Sensorineural Biophysics Laboratory, Clermont-Auvergne University, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Functional unit for auditory implants and audiovestibular testing, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ile de France reference centre for cochlear and brainstem implants in adults, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Group, Sorbonne University, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Audiologie Clinique, 11100 Narbonne, France
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- Laboratoire d'Audiologie Renard, 59000 Lille, France; Department of Otology and Otoneurology, Salengro Hospital, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Laboratoires F. Le Her, 76000 Rouen, France; Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, Charles Nicolle University Hospital, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Department of Audiophonology, Hôpital Institut Saint Pierre, 34250 Palavas Les Flots, France
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- Department of ENT & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gui-de-Chauliac University Hospital, 34000 Montpellier, France; Inserm U1051, Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier, University of Montpellier, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Audiology, Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci, Institut libre Marie Haps, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), 75012 Paris, France; Department of Audiology and Otoneurological Evaluation, Edouard-Herriot Hospital, HCL (Hospices Civils de Lyon), 69003 Lyon, France; Claude-Bernard University Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Otology and Otoneurology, Salengro Hospital, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Institut de l'Audition - Institut Pasteur, Inserm (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), 75012 Paris, France; Department of Audiology and Otoneurological Evaluation, Edouard-Herriot Hospital, HCL (Hospices Civils de Lyon), 69003 Lyon, France; Claude-Bernard University Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; French Society of Audiology, 75116 Paris, France.
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Reynard P, Lagacé J, Joly CA, Dodelé L, Veuillet E, Thai-Van H. Speech-in-Noise Audiometry in Adults: A Review of the Available Tests for French Speakers. Audiol Neurootol 2021; 27:185-199. [DOI: 10.1159/000518968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Difficulty understanding speech in background noise is the reason of consultation for most people who seek help for their hearing. With the increased use of speech-in-noise (SpIN) testing, audiologists and otologists are expected to evidence disabilities in a greater number of patients with sensorineural hearing loss. The purpose of this study is to list validated available SpIN tests for the French-speaking population. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> A review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched. Search strategies used a combination of 4 keywords: speech, audiometry, noise, and French. There were 10 validated SpIN tests dedicated to the Francophone adult population at the time of the review. Some tests use digits triplets as speech stimuli and were originally designed for hearing screening. The others were given a broader range of indications covering diagnostic or research purposes, determination of functional capacities and fitness for duty, as well as assessment of hearing amplification benefit. <b><i>Key Messages:</i></b> As there is a SpIN test for almost any type of clinical or rehabilitation needs, both the accuracy and duration should be considered for choosing one or the other. In an effort to meet the needs of a rapidly aging population, fast adaptive procedures can be favored to screen large groups in order to limit the risk of ignoring the early signs of forthcoming presbycusis and to provide appropriate audiological counseling.
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