Speech Audiometry
Pure Tone Audiometer
Schematic of Speech Audiometer
Speech Audiometer
Clinical or Diagnostic Audiometer two channels test booth input: pure tone or microphone or CD or phonograph or tape player or computer masking system talk-back system selector switch for input on each channel volume control (VC) and volume unit (VU) meter
Clinical or Diagnostic Audiometer (Continued) amplifier attenuator output selector AC phones BC vibrator 2 loudspeakers talk back system patient signal device
Testing Monitored live voice (MLV) Pre-recorded voice Attenuation: 1—2 dB steps (usually use 5 dB steps) 0—110 dB range SDT and SAT
Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT) CID W-1 (constant level) CID W-2 (attenuated) Spondiac words (spondees) Carrier phrase Watch cross hearing—masking PTA is about = to SRT
Testing (continued) Most Comfortable Loudness (MCL) Connected discourse UCL, TD or LDL Range of Comfortable Loudness (RCL) vs. Dynamic Range
Speech Discrimination Score (SDS) vs. Word Recognition Score (WRS) Recorded in percentage, not dB Phonetically Balanced (PB) words (50 monosyllabic) PB 50 or CID Auditory test W-22 PB Max = patients best discrimination score (25-40 dB SL) Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification test (WIPI) 90—100% = normal 76—90% = slight difficulty (i.e. telephone) 60—76% = moderate problem 50—60% = poor recognition—difficulty interpreting speech < 50% = very poor recognition. Unable to understand speech