Abstract
dc:descriptionThe audiological literature is replete with studies attesting to the disproportionate difficulty experienced by individuals with certain high-frequency hearing impairments when listening in noise. It has been suggested that these listeners exhibit a signal-to-noise ratio deficit when compared to normal-hearing listeners. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of noise on the speech reception threshold (SRT) of these listeners. Specifically, this study sought to determine, if indeed, noise has more of a deleterious effect on these listeners than their normal-hearing counterparts, as evidenced by a signal-to-noise ratio deficit. The effects of levels, message set size, and methods for determining speech reception threshold were evaluated with signal-to-noise ratio as the dependent variable.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Speech and Hearing Science
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Lewis, Harold Donell
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8026547
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67536