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Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Speech Perception
  • Hearing Science

Background:

  • The Words-in-Noise Test (WIN) quantifies word understanding in noise.
  • WIN Lists 1 and 2 were developed for equivalent recognition performance.
  • WIN List 3 was created as a practice list.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of WIN List 3.
  • To compare WIN List 3 performance with Lists 1 and 2.
  • To assess performance in young normal-hearing and older hearing-impaired listeners.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental, repeated-measures design was employed.
  • Participants included 24 young adults with normal hearing and 24 older adults with sensorineural hearing loss.
  • Word levels were varied against a fixed babble noise level.

Main Results:

  • WIN List 3 showed significantly higher signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) for 50% correct recognition compared to Lists 1 and 2.
  • Normal-hearing listeners required 7.4 dB SNR for List 3 vs. 4.3-5.1 dB for Lists 1-2.
  • Hearing-impaired listeners required 15.8 dB SNR for List 3 vs. 12.2-12.4 dB for Lists 1-2.

Conclusions:

  • A significant ~3 dB performance difference exists between WIN List 3 and Lists 1-2.
  • WIN List 3 is not equivalent to Lists 1 and 2 for recognition performance.
  • WIN List 3 should be used cautiously, for practice or non-equivalent measures only.