SUBJECTIVE MAGNITUDE OF AUDITORY IMPAIRMENT - PILOT-STUDY

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 17  (1) , 68-76
Abstract
A study of 2 samples (one in London [England], the other in Cairo [Egypt]) of patients who were suffering from an impairment of hearing showed that the subjective magnitude of auditory handicap was significantly correlated to the average hearing level at 2000 Hz for the 2 ears. For both samples the subjective magnitude of the auditory handicap was a power function of the hearing loss expressed in terms of the sound pressure corresponding to the threshold of hearing. The exponents in the power function applying to the 2 samples were similar. Age, sex and pain threshold did not influence the estimation of the subjective magnitude of auditory handicap.

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