A Spanish matrix sentence test for assessing speech reception thresholds in noise

D espite technological advances employed in signal processing strategies, one of the remaining obstacles are spectral gap details on the information transmitted. Considering its importance in speech perception, researchers have investigated mechanisms to optimize spectral details through virtual spectral channels. The clinical application of this technique resulted in a new approach to signal processing-the HiRes 120. Objective: To assess the auditory performance of cochlear implant users with the HiRes 120 strategy. Methodology: The literature review was conducted in an electronic database, with standard bibliographic search in the year 2011, using specific keywords. In order to select and evaluate the scientific studies found in the search, we setup search containing the following aspects: type of study, subjects, intervention used and evaluation of the results. Conclusion: Scientific evidence points to an improvement in hearing performance in noisy environments with the HiRes 120 strategy, but this does not occur in quiet situations. The optimization of speech perception with this strategy is closely related to the cochlear implant user's age, to the time of sensory deprivation and the acclimatization time required to use the strategy's spectral information. REVIEW ARTICLE Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2012;78(3):129-33. BJORL

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“…Hochmuth et al, 2012;Wagener & Brand, 2005). Steady-state noise with spectrum matched to the long-term average spectrum of the speech was used.…”

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Speech perception with F0mod, a cochlear implant pitch coding strategy

Francart¹,

Osses²,

Wouters³

2015

International Journal of Audiology

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“…The German, Polish, and Spanish speech material have had been implemented and evaluated in a useroperated test version, where the subject had to select a response from ten alternative words listed in a matrix for each word presented (Brand et al, 2004;Ozimek et al 2010;Hochmuth et al 2012).…”

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“…if a word in the material sounds similar as another word not included in the material a subject in a traditional test may answer that not-included word, whereas a subject in a user-operated test will have a much better change in picking the correct word being helped by the limited pool of alternative words. However, the finding of the slope by Hochmuth et al (2012) indicates that the homogeneity of the Spanish material is uninfluenced when it is used in a user-operated test compared to using the material in a traditional test for which it originally was designed and optimized.…”

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“…Two versions of the test were made: one with the option for each word to answer "I do not know" and one without the "I do not know" option (?-buttons). The "I do not know" answers were handled in two ways: (i) as incorrect answers in agreement with Brand et al (2004) and Hochmuth et al (2012) and (ii) as 1/10 correct answers, respectively. The advantage of including the ?-buttons is that the subject is not forced to choose an answer to a word, which had not been heard; i.e.…”

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“…Other speech materials has also been optimized, e.g. the Spanish material (Hochmuth et al, 2012). For both the Danish and the Spanish material the optimizing process were performed with a traditional test.…”

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User-operated speech in noise test: Implementation and comparison with a traditional test

Pedersen

Juhl

2013

International Journal of Audiology

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Speech Discrimination Outcomes in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients by Primary Language and Bilingual Hispanic Patients

Velandia,

Martinez,

Peña

et al. 2023

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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ObjectiveCompare cochlear implant (CI) outcomes in English speakers, Spanish speakers, and bilingual Hispanics.Study DesignRetrospective review.SettingAcademic tertiary care center.MethodsEighty‐five postlingually deafened adults unilaterally implanted between January 2014 and December 2018 were stratified by primary language. Primary outcomes were: (1) English consonant‐nucleus‐consonant and Spanish bisyllables word tests in quiet, and (2) English AzBio and Latin American Hearing In Noise Test (LA‐HINT) sentence tests in quiet and in noise at multiple time‐intervals postactivation.ResultsIn the respective languages, primary Spanish speakers (n = 24), and English speakers (n = 61) experienced the greatest increases in average scores for word and sentence tests in quiet during the first 6 months postactivation, with gradual increases in average scores over time. English speakers performed significantly worse on AzBio tests in noise, compared to quiet, while the addition of noise did not significantly affect average LA‐HINT scores in Spanish speakers across multiple time intervals. An early ceiling effect was also demonstrated for LA‐HINT. Although not significant, bilingual Hispanics (n = 12) had lower average AzBio in quiet scores than English speakers and higher average LA‐HINT in quiet scores than the Spanish speakers across multiple time intervals.ConclusionEnglish and Spanish CI users experienced the greatest increases in speech understanding in quiet the first few months after implant activation. An early ceiling effect is demonstrated with LA‐HINT, indicating LA‐HINT is not appropriate for evaluating longitudinal CI outcomes in Spanish speakers. Bilingual Hispanics represent a unique group, and further investigations are necessary to understand speech perception patterns in both languages and develop the best CI test strategies for these individuals.

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A Spanish matrix sentence test for assessing speech reception thresholds in noise

Abstract: No significant differences were found for listeners of different Spanish varieties indicating that the test is applicable to Spanish as well as Latin American listeners. Test lists can be used interchangeably.

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Speech perception with F0mod, a cochlear implant pitch coding strategy

Speech perception with F0mod, a cochlear implant pitch coding strategy

User-operated speech in noise test: Implementation and comparison with a traditional test

Speech Discrimination Outcomes in Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients by Primary Language and Bilingual Hispanic Patients

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