Estimating Speech Threshold From the PI-PB Function

1 August 1976

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Otolaryngology (1960)

Vol. 102 (8) , 487-496
https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1976.00780130081011

Abstract

• Speech thresholds were determined from the performance intensity function for phonetically balanced (PB) words in 2,117 patients with varying types and degrees of hearing loss. Comparison of this threshold for PB words (PBT) with both pure-tone sensitivity (PTA) and the conventional threshold for spondee words (ST) shows that PBT not only provides a cross-check on pure-tone level, but also conveys additional information about audiometric contour. (Arch Otolaryngol 102:487-496, 1976)

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