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Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli
OBJECTIVES: The digits-in-noise test (DIN) has become increasingly popular as a consumer-based method to screen for hearing loss. Current versions of all DINs either test ears monaurally or present identical stimuli binaurally (i.e., diotic noise and speech, N(o)S(o)). Unfortunately, presentation of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7015780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31425362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000775 |
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author | De Sousa, Karina C. Swanepoel, De Wet Moore, David R. Myburgh, Hermanus Carel Smits, Cas |
author_facet | De Sousa, Karina C. Swanepoel, De Wet Moore, David R. Myburgh, Hermanus Carel Smits, Cas |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The digits-in-noise test (DIN) has become increasingly popular as a consumer-based method to screen for hearing loss. Current versions of all DINs either test ears monaurally or present identical stimuli binaurally (i.e., diotic noise and speech, N(o)S(o)). Unfortunately, presentation of identical stimuli to each ear inhibits detection of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and neither diotic nor monaural presentation sensitively detects conductive hearing loss (CHL). After an earlier finding of enhanced sensitivity in normally hearing listeners, this study tested the hypothesis that interaural antiphasic digit presentation (N(o)S(π)) would improve sensitivity to hearing loss caused by unilateral or asymmetric SNHL, symmetric SNHL, or CHL. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study recruited adults (18 to 84 years) with various levels of hearing based on a 4-frequency pure-tone average (PTA) at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz. The study sample was comprised of listeners with normal hearing (n = 41; PTA ≤ 25 dB HL in both ears), symmetric SNHL (n = 57; PTA > 25 dB HL), unilateral or asymmetric SNHL (n = 24; PTA > 25 dB HL in the poorer ear), and CHL (n = 23; PTA > 25 dB HL and PTA air-bone gap ≥ 20 dB HL in the poorer ear). Antiphasic and diotic speech reception thresholds (SRTs) were compared using a repeated-measures design. RESULTS: Antiphasic DIN was significantly more sensitive to all three forms of hearing loss than the diotic DIN. SRT test–retest reliability was high for all tests (intraclass correlation coefficient r > 0.89). Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve for detection of hearing loss (>25 dB HL) was higher for antiphasic DIN (0.94) than for diotic DIN (0.77) presentation. After correcting for age, PTA of listeners with normal hearing or symmetric SNHL was more strongly correlated with antiphasic (r(partial)[96] = 0.69) than diotic (r(partial) = 0.54) SRTs. Slope of fitted regression lines predicting SRT from PTA was significantly steeper for antiphasic than diotic DIN. For listeners with normal hearing or CHL, antiphasic SRTs were more strongly correlated with PTA (r(partial)[62] = 0.92) than diotic SRTs (r(partial)[62] = 0.64). Slope of the regression line with PTA was also significantly steeper for antiphasic than diotic DIN. The severity of asymmetric hearing loss (poorer ear PTA) was unrelated to SRT. No effect of self-reported English competence on either antiphasic or diotic DIN among the mixed first-language participants was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Antiphasic digit presentation markedly improved the sensitivity of the DIN test to detect SNHL, either symmetric or asymmetric, while keeping test duration to a minimum by testing binaurally. In addition, the antiphasic DIN was able to detect CHL, a shortcoming of previous monaural or binaurally diotic DIN versions. The antiphasic DIN is thus a powerful tool for population-based screening. This enhanced functionality combined with smartphone delivery could make the antiphasic DIN suitable as a primary screen that is accessible to a large global audience. |
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spelling | pubmed-70157802020-11-16 Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli De Sousa, Karina C. Swanepoel, De Wet Moore, David R. Myburgh, Hermanus Carel Smits, Cas Ear Hear Research Article OBJECTIVES: The digits-in-noise test (DIN) has become increasingly popular as a consumer-based method to screen for hearing loss. Current versions of all DINs either test ears monaurally or present identical stimuli binaurally (i.e., diotic noise and speech, N(o)S(o)). Unfortunately, presentation of identical stimuli to each ear inhibits detection of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), and neither diotic nor monaural presentation sensitively detects conductive hearing loss (CHL). After an earlier finding of enhanced sensitivity in normally hearing listeners, this study tested the hypothesis that interaural antiphasic digit presentation (N(o)S(π)) would improve sensitivity to hearing loss caused by unilateral or asymmetric SNHL, symmetric SNHL, or CHL. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study recruited adults (18 to 84 years) with various levels of hearing based on a 4-frequency pure-tone average (PTA) at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz. The study sample was comprised of listeners with normal hearing (n = 41; PTA ≤ 25 dB HL in both ears), symmetric SNHL (n = 57; PTA > 25 dB HL), unilateral or asymmetric SNHL (n = 24; PTA > 25 dB HL in the poorer ear), and CHL (n = 23; PTA > 25 dB HL and PTA air-bone gap ≥ 20 dB HL in the poorer ear). Antiphasic and diotic speech reception thresholds (SRTs) were compared using a repeated-measures design. RESULTS: Antiphasic DIN was significantly more sensitive to all three forms of hearing loss than the diotic DIN. SRT test–retest reliability was high for all tests (intraclass correlation coefficient r > 0.89). Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve for detection of hearing loss (>25 dB HL) was higher for antiphasic DIN (0.94) than for diotic DIN (0.77) presentation. After correcting for age, PTA of listeners with normal hearing or symmetric SNHL was more strongly correlated with antiphasic (r(partial)[96] = 0.69) than diotic (r(partial) = 0.54) SRTs. Slope of fitted regression lines predicting SRT from PTA was significantly steeper for antiphasic than diotic DIN. For listeners with normal hearing or CHL, antiphasic SRTs were more strongly correlated with PTA (r(partial)[62] = 0.92) than diotic SRTs (r(partial)[62] = 0.64). Slope of the regression line with PTA was also significantly steeper for antiphasic than diotic DIN. The severity of asymmetric hearing loss (poorer ear PTA) was unrelated to SRT. No effect of self-reported English competence on either antiphasic or diotic DIN among the mixed first-language participants was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Antiphasic digit presentation markedly improved the sensitivity of the DIN test to detect SNHL, either symmetric or asymmetric, while keeping test duration to a minimum by testing binaurally. In addition, the antiphasic DIN was able to detect CHL, a shortcoming of previous monaural or binaurally diotic DIN versions. The antiphasic DIN is thus a powerful tool for population-based screening. This enhanced functionality combined with smartphone delivery could make the antiphasic DIN suitable as a primary screen that is accessible to a large global audience. Williams And Wilkins 2020-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7015780/ /pubmed/31425362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000775 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Ear & Hearing is published on behalf of the American Auditory Society, by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article De Sousa, Karina C. Swanepoel, De Wet Moore, David R. Myburgh, Hermanus Carel Smits, Cas Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli |
title | Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli |
title_full | Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli |
title_fullStr | Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli |
title_full_unstemmed | Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli |
title_short | Improving Sensitivity of the Digits-In-Noise Test Using Antiphasic Stimuli |
title_sort | improving sensitivity of the digits-in-noise test using antiphasic stimuli |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7015780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31425362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000775 |
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