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Behavioral Assessment of Hearing in 2 to 4 Year-old Children: A Two-interval, Observer-based Procedure Using Conditioned Play-based Responses

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Self-masking: Listening during vocalization. Normal hearing.

Erik Borg¹, Christina Bergkvist, Dan Gustafsson

¹Ahlsen Research Institute, University Hospital of Orebro, Orebro, Sweden. erik.borg@orebroll.se

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

|June 11, 2009

Summary

This study introduces a method to measure hearing thresholds during vocalization, finding women

Area of Science:

Audiology
Psychoacoustics
Speech Science

Background:

Simultaneous speech and listening involve complex auditory processing.
Self-masking, the reduction in hearing sensitivity caused by one's own voice, is crucial in understanding auditory function, especially with hearing impairment.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel technique for assessing masked hearing thresholds during vocalization.
To establish normative data for this technique across males and females.
To investigate the role of self-masking in individuals with hearing impairment.

Main Methods:

The study employed a maximum vocalization method to assess the masking effect of sustained vocalizations (e.g., [a:]) on narrow-band noise pulses.
Two masking criteria were used: halving the perceived pulse rate for pulsed sounds and a just-follow-conversation criterion for continuous speech.

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Intra-session test-retest reproducibility and inter-session variability were analyzed.

Main Results:

Female voices demonstrated greater efficiency in masking high-frequency noise bursts compared to male voices.
Women were also more effective in masking both male and female speech stimuli.
Males required approximately 4 dBA higher vocalization levels than females to achieve equivalent masking effects on speech.

Conclusions:

The developed vocalization masking assessment technique is practical and exhibits good intra-session reproducibility with acceptable inter-session variability.
Significant gender-based differences in vocal self-masking capabilities were observed, suggesting potential implications for speech perception and hearing aid fitting.