Yet Another Audiogram

Chial, Michael R.

doi:10.1044/hhd2.1.2

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“…A “DR” figure appeared first in the 4th edition of Hearing in Children (1991), and also appears, with slight modifications, in the 5th and 6th editions. For these DR figures, the authors cite either Olsen 18 in the 4th edition or Chial 19 in the 5th and 6th editions.…”

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“…The five non-counseling CSAs provide references and/or report their own acoustic measurements (Chial, 19 Fant, 20 Ling and Ling, 6 Northern and Downs, 12 13 14 15 Olsen 18 ). Visually, these “non-counseling” CSAs are speech regions drawn on an audiogram scale (i.e., dB HL).…”

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“…Visually, these “non-counseling” CSAs are speech regions drawn on an audiogram scale (i.e., dB HL). None of these five display environmental sounds; two display only a speech region (Chial, 19 Olsen 18 ); one assigns sections of the speech region to specific acoustic characteristics (e.g., fundamental frequency, first formants of vowels; Fant 20 ); one displays five speech sounds at either multiple points or ranges (Ling and Ling 6 ); and one displays speech sounds (Northern and Downs 12 13 14 15 ). Fant 20 and Ling and Ling 6 report their own acoustic measurements, while the others cite data from others.…”

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“…Ling and Ling 6 say their data show "the relative intensity levels (HL) of the main components of the five sounds [u, a, i, R , s] spoken at two yards" from an adult male. Both Chial 19 and Olsen 18 cite Pascoe (1980), 9 which in turn cites Pascoe (1975), 21 Dunn and White, 22 and Pearsons et al 8 ; the speech regions represent speech at an overall level of 66 dB SPL (or, equivalently, the level of a "raised" voice according to Pearsons et al 8 ), and the dynamic range reflects the 10th-and 90th-percentiles of the 1/ 3-octave-band level distributions of speech reported by Dunn and White. 22 Northern and Downs cite Skinner, 16 which in turn cites the same articles of Pascoe (1975) 21 and Dunn and White, 22 and also Pascoe (1978).…”

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Common Sounds Audiograms: Quantitative Analyses and Recommendations

2023

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A counseling tool routinely used by pediatric audiologists and early intervention-specialists is the often-named “common sounds audiogram” (CSA). Typically, a child's hearing detection thresholds are plotted on the CSA to indicate that child's audibility of speech and environmental sounds. Importantly, the CSA may be the first item that parents see when their child's hearing loss is explained. Thus, the accuracy of the CSA and its associated counseling information are integral to the parents' understanding of what their child can hear and to the parents' role in the child's future hearing care and interventions. Currently available CSAs were collected from professional societies, early intervention providers, device manufacturers, etc., and analyzed (n = 36). Analysis included quantification of sound elements, presence of counseling information, attribution of acoustic measurements, and errors. The analyses show that currently-available CSAs are wildly inconsistent as a group, not scientifically justified, and omit important information for counseling and interpretation. Variations found among currently available CSAs can lead to very different parental interpretations of the impact of a child's hearing loss on his/her access to sounds, especially spoken language. Such variations, presumably, could also lead to different recommendations regarding intervention and hearing devices. Recommendations are outlined for the development of a new, standard CSA.

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