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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Audiology
  • Speech Processing

Background:

  • Current hearing assessments often use limited stimuli like brief tones.
  • Dynamic speech stimuli are crucial for evaluating real-world communication hearing.
  • Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) assess auditory pathway function.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define optimal parameters for using audiobook continuous speech in multiband ABR testing.
  • To measure frequency-specific ABRs across octave bands (500-8000 Hz) simultaneously in both ears.
  • To enhance the efficiency and clinical feasibility of speech-based ABR paradigms.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized computational modeling and direct human ABR testing in normal-hearing adults.
  • Employed the multiband peaky speech paradigm with audiobook continuous speech.
  • Optimized speech parameters including chirp phase profile and fundamental frequency (f0) manipulation (90-110 Hz).

Main Results:

  • Lowering speech f0 to 90-110 Hz maximized ABR wave V amplitudes.
  • Optimal amplitude responses were achieved with narrators whose original f0 was below 170 Hz.
  • Optimized parameters reduced median testing time for robust audiobook-based ABRs to approximately 14 minutes.

Conclusions:

  • Optimized audiobook speech parameters significantly improve the efficiency of multiband ABR testing.
  • This refined paradigm offers a more feasible approach for both research and clinical audiological applications.
  • Speech-based ABRs provide a more ecologically relevant measure of hearing function compared to traditional stimuli.