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Speech Intelligibility as a Cue for Acceptable Noise Levels by Karrie L. Recker; Christophe Micheyl is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Objectives: The goal of this study was to examine whether individuals are using speech intelligibility to determine how much noise they are willing to accept while listening to running speech. Previous research has shown that the amount of background noise that an individual is willing to accept while listening to speech is predictive of his or her likelihood of success with hearing aids. If it were possible to determine the criterion by which individuals make this judgment, then it may be possible to alter this cue, especially for those who are unlikely to be successful with hearing aids, and thereby improve their chances of success with hearing aids. ## Design: Twenty-one individuals with normal hearing and 21 with sensorineural hearing loss participated in this study. In each group, there were 7 with a low, moderate, and high acceptance of background noise, as determined by the Acceptable Noise Level (ANL) test. (During the ANL test, listeners adjusted speech to their most comfortable listening level, then background noise was added, and they adjusted it to the maximum level that they were “willing to put up with” while listening to the speech.) Participants also performed a

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Author

Karrie L. Recker; Christophe Micheyl

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.; Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (ISSN 0196-0202)

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)