PIPB Function – Procedure and Application

PIPB Function – Procedure and Application

PIPB Function – Procedure and Application: Patient’s speech recognition performance depends on the intensity of the test materials. It is called the PIPB ( Performance Intensity Phonetically Balanced) Function Test when phonemically balanced PB words are...
Most Comfortable and Uncomfortable Loudness Level Test

Most Comfortable and Uncomfortable Loudness Level Test

Most Comfortable and Uncomfortable Loudness Level Test: The Most Comfortable Loudness Level (MCL) for speech is the volume at which the patient finds listening to speech to be most comfortable, or where she generally chooses to do so. The Uncomfortable Loudness Level...
What is Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Test

What is Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Test

What is Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) Test: Pure-tone threshold audiometry is the measurement of an individual’s hearing sensitivity for calibrated pure tones. Three general methods are used: Manual audiometry, also referred to as conventional audiometry; Automatic...
What is Speech Audiometry Test?

What is Speech Audiometry Test?

What is Speech Audiometry Test: Speech Audiometry includes Speech Awareness/Detection Thresholds (SDT/SAT), Speech Reception/Recognition Thresholds (SRT), Word Recognition Testing/Score (WRS), and sensitized speech testing (filtered, compressed, speech in noise, etc.)...
Word Recognition Scores – Procedure and Application

Word Recognition Scores – Procedure and Application

Word Recognition Scores – Procedure and Application: The word recognition score is the percentage of words correctly identified at a constant suprathreshold level of presentation. Word Recognition Scores also known as Supra-Threshold Recognition Tests (Speech...