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The Danish hearing in noise test.

Jens Bo Nielsen1, Torsten Dau

  • 1Centre for Applied Hearing Research, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. jbn@elektro.dtu.dk

International Journal of Audiology
|February 16, 2011
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Summary

The Danish Hearing In Noise Test (HINT) is reliable for both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners, showing consistent results even when sentence lists are reused after three weeks.

Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Speech Perception Research
  • Hearing Science

Background:

  • The Hearing In Noise Test (HINT) is a valuable tool for assessing speech understanding in noisy environments.
  • A Danish version of the HINT was needed to accommodate the Danish language and its specific speech characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a Danish version of the Hearing In Noise Test (HINT).
  • To evaluate the reliability and performance of the Danish HINT in both normal-hearing (NH) and hearing-impaired (HI) listeners.
  • To investigate the impact of sentence recollection on test performance.

Main Methods:

  • Developed Danish speech material based on a sentence-based intelligibility equalization method.
  • Evaluated speech material for naturalness and selected sentence lists.

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  • Validated the new sentence lists with NH and HI listeners and retested after three weeks.
  • Conducted an additional experiment to assess the effect of sentence recollection on performance.

    • Main Results:

    • The Danish HINT comprises 10 test lists and 3 practice lists, each with 20 sentences.
    • Average speech recognition threshold in noise (SRT(N)) for NH listeners was -2.52 dB (SD 0.87 dB).
    • The test demonstrated comparable validation results to other HINT versions and showed similar reliability for NH and HI listeners, with a slight improvement (0.4 dB decrease in SRT(N)) upon retesting.

    Conclusions:

    • The Danish HINT is a reliable audiological assessment tool for both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired individuals.
    • The test demonstrates good validity and reliability, comparable to existing HINT versions.
    • Sentence lists can be reused with the same listeners after a three-week interval without compromising reliable results.