Extending an Established Speech Recognition Threshold Procedure for Use in Noise: An Exploratory Study.

Speech recognition thresholds in noise (SRTinNs) estimated with an adapted ASHA 1988 procedure differ between adults with sensorineural hearing loss (+7.2 dB SNR) and normal audiograms (+1.7 dB SNR).

• Why it matters: Dedicated speech-in-noise tests are not always available for clinical or linguistic contexts, so extending an established quiet-threshold method could broaden access to speech-in-noise assessment.
• What they did: Twenty-five adults (15 with sensorineural hearing loss, 10 with normal audiograms) completed an adapted threshold-seeking procedure using Canadian French monosyllabic words in continuous eight-talker babble, yielding SRTinNs.
• The result: In hearing loss, SRTinNs correlated with pure-tone averages (r = .54, p = .04) and high-frequency pure-tone averages (r = .64, p = .01), supporting preliminary consistency with established hearing measures.

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