Abstract:Many apsects of the audiologic test battery have remained unchanged for decades, and do not assess the real-world communicative abilities of the patient. For example, word-recognition in quiet is the default test of speech recognition, despite difficulties understanding speech in noise being the primary complaint of most patients. Our goal is to adjust the audiologic test protocol to better assess the communicative abilities of the patient. Towards that goal, we are devising a new clinical protocol in which sp… Show more
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