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Schimmel, Carly
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Cormier, Kayla
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Manchaiah, Vinaya
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Swanepoel, De Wet
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Sharma, Anu
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2024-08-12T11:41:35Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-08-12T11:41:35Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2024-04 |
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dc.description |
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between an American English Digits in Noise (DIN) test and commonly used audiological measures to evaluate the DIN test’s ability to detect hearing loss and validate hearing aid fitting. QuickSIN and DIN tests were completed by participants with untreated hearing loss (n = 46), prescription hearing aids (n = 15), and over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids (n = 12). Performance on the QuickSIN showed moderate positive correlations with DIN for untreated hearing loss participants and prescription hearing aid users, but not for OTC hearing aid users. For untreated hearing loss participants, both QuickSIN and DIN tests showed positive moderate to strong correlations with high frequency pure-tone averages. In OTC users, DIN scores did not significantly change over a 6-month time period and were better when conducted remotely compared to in-person testing. Our results suggest that the DIN test may be a feasible monitoring option for individuals with hearing loss and those fitted with hearing aids. However, due to small sample size in this pilot study, future research is needed to examine DIN test’s utility for fitting and validating OTC hearing aids. |
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dc.description.department |
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology |
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dc.description.sdg |
SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
AB Nexus Research Collaboration Grant from University of Colorado and Demant Foundation Grant. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/audiolres |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Schimmel, C.; Cormier, K.; Manchaiah, V.; Swanepoel, D.W.; Sharma, A. Digits-in-Noise Test as an Assessment Tool for Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids. Audiology Research 2024, 14, 342–358. https://doi.org/10.3390/audiolres14020030. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2039-4349 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.3390/audiolres14020030 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97567 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
MDPI |
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dc.rights |
© 2024 by the authors.
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license (https://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
4.0/). |
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dc.subject |
Teleaudiology |
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Digits-in-noise (DIN) |
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Speech-in-noise (SIN) |
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SDG-03: Good health and well-being |
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Over-the-counter (OTC) |
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Hearing aids |
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dc.title |
Digits-in-noise test as an assessment tool for hearing loss and hearing aids |
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dc.type |
Article |
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