Acceptable noise level (ANL) with Danish and non-semantic speech materials in adult hearing-aid users

Abstract

Danish and non-semantic ANL versions yield results similar to the American English version. The magnitude of the CR indicates that ANL with Danish and non-semantic speech materials is not suitable for prediction of individual patterns of future hearing-aid use or evaluation of individual benefit from hearing-aid features. The ANL with Danish and non-semantic speech materials is not related to IOI-HA outcome.

Acceptable noise level (ANL) and real-world hearing-aid success in Taiwanese listeners

“…In contrast, in Olsen et al (2012) ANL was measured monaurally and listeners themselves used audiometer attenuators to adjust the signal level. It is possible that in the study by Olsen et al (2012) the effect of these factors obscured the weak association between ANL and hearing-aid success. More research is needed in order to clarify these issues.…”

“…The signifi cant but not strong association between ANL and hearing-aid success may help explain the non-signifi cant fi nding by Olsen et al (2012). Specifi cally, ANL has been shown to be highly sensitive to instruction translation/interpretation (Ho et al, 2012).…”

“…Moreover, most previous studies used a cross-section or retrospective design (e.g. Nabelek et al, 2006;Olsen et al, 2012;Schwartz & Cox, 2012). That is, in a given test session, participants completed the ANL test and used questionnaires to describe their current and/or previous experience with hearing aids.…”

“…Olsen et al (2012) recruited 63 established hearing-aid wearers. The unaided ANLs were measured monaurally using earphones.…”

The equivalence of acceptable noise level (ANL) with English, Mandarin, and non-semantic speech: A study across the U.S. and Taiwan

“…The ANL ' s prediction accuracy in this context is as high as 85% (Nabelek et al, 2006). However, a recent research (Olsen et al, 2012) was unable to demonstrate the relationship between ANL and hearing-aid outcome. In addition to hearingaid outcome, ANL has been shown to predict cochlear implant users ' perceived communication ability (Donaldson et al, 2009) and satisfaction (Plyler et al, 2008).…”