Pub Date : 2004-11-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.26.2.139.58275
B. McLeod, G. Croxson
Malignant tumours of the nasopharynx can be divided into three main groups: squamous cell carcinomas, lymphomas and a large miscellaneous group. The nonglandular, nonlymphomatous epithelial malignancies are collectively called nasopharyngeal carcinomas and are the most common tumours of the nasopharynx. Nasopharyngeal cancer is well known to the otolaryngologist but may not be as familiar to the audiologist. We report the case of a 52-year-old man of Chinese extraction who presented with symptoms of 'a blocked feeling' in the left ear, leading to a diagnosis of nasopharyngeal cancer. The investigation and treatment is discussed.
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Pub Date : 2003-11-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.2.85.31120
C. Driscoll, J. Kei, D. Bates, B. McPherson
Despite widespread awareness that children with Down syndrome are particularly susceptible to hearing pathologies, the audiological status of students with Down syndrome in special schools is all too often unknown. Unfortunately, hearing screening for this population is unable to rely on standard, behavioural test batteries. To facilitate future improvements in screening protocols, this study investigated the results of tympanometry and transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) testing for a group of children with Down syndrome. Assessments were not conducted in the artificial context of a clinic or laboratory, but within the school environment. Outcomes are reported for 27 subjects with a mean age of 10 years 5 months (SD = 4;11). Tympanometry testing was failed in at least one ear by 41.7% of subjects, while a failure rate of 81.5% of subjects was observed for TEOAE testing. Therefore, it is concluded that immediate review of hearing screening programs for students with Down syndrome is highly advisable.
{"title":"Tympanometry and TEOAE Testing of Children with Down Syndrome in Special Schools","authors":"C. Driscoll, J. Kei, D. Bates, B. McPherson","doi":"10.1375/AUDI.25.2.85.31120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1375/AUDI.25.2.85.31120","url":null,"abstract":"Despite widespread awareness that children with Down syndrome are particularly susceptible to hearing pathologies, the audiological status of students with Down syndrome in special schools is all too often unknown. Unfortunately, hearing screening for this population is unable to rely on standard, behavioural test batteries. To facilitate future improvements in screening protocols, this study investigated the results of tympanometry and transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) testing for a group of children with Down syndrome. Assessments were not conducted in the artificial context of a clinic or laboratory, but within the school environment. Outcomes are reported for 27 subjects with a mean age of 10 years 5 months (SD = 4;11). Tympanometry testing was failed in at least one ear by 41.7% of subjects, while a failure rate of 81.5% of subjects was observed for TEOAE testing. Therefore, it is concluded that immediate review of hearing screening programs for students with Down syndrome is highly advisable.","PeriodicalId":114768,"journal":{"name":"Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124708756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2003-11-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.2.99.31117
T. Ching, Paula Incerti, M. Hill
This study aimed to evaluate (a) whether the use of bilateral microphones with a unilateral cochlear implant system is better than the use of a single microphone input, and (b) whether the use of a single implant system with bilateral microphone inputs is better than the use of a hearing aid with a cochlear implant. Six adults were evaluated under three listening conditions: cochlear implant and hearing aid (CIHA), cochlear implant with unilateral microphone (CI-UM) and cochlear implant with bilateral microphones (CI-BM). Performance measures included dichotic speech perception in noise, horizontal localisation and functional performance in real life. The results of speech testing showed a significant advantage of CIHA and CI-BM over CI-UM. The localisation task showed that CIHA was significantly better than CI-BM or CI-UM. The functional performance questionnaires showed that CIHA was better than CIUM, and similar to or better than CI-BM in real-life situations. The subjects also commented on the improved quality of sound provided by the use of a hearing aid with a cochlear implant. We conclude that both CIHA and bilateral microphones with a single implant can provide real advantages for dichotic speech perception in noise over an implant system with a single microphone input when speech originated from the non-implanted side. CIHA provided extra benefits in localisation and functional performance in real life, and is the option of choice for users of unilateral cochlear implants who have some residual hearing in the non-implanted ear.
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Pub Date : 2003-11-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.2.75.31118
V. Looi, C. Sucher, Hugh J. McDermott
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Pub Date : 2003-11-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.2.63.31119
R. Dowell, Mark Flynn
The effects of three types of background noise (multitalker speech babble, cafeteria noise and speech noise) and two levels of reverberation (0.5 s and 1.0 s) on open-set sentence recognition by 20 adults with severe sensorineural hearing impairment (PTA = 61-80 dB HL) and 14 adults with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing impairment (PTA = 81-100 dB HL) were investigated. Open-set sentences were presented at 70 dB SPL with noise levels adjusted for each participant to reduce ceiling and floor effects. The results indicated that, for adults with a severe hearing impairment, the four-talker babble had significantly (p .05) decrease in speech perception score. The results of this study only partially support the assertion that ecologically valid tests of speech perception should include interference representative of the spectral and temporal characteristics of that found in external environments.
本文研究了3种背景噪声(多说话人的语言杂音、食堂噪声和语音噪声)和2种混响(0.5 s和1.0 s)对20例重度感音神经性听力障碍患者(PTA = 61 ~ 80 dB HL)和14例重度至重度感音神经性听力障碍患者(PTA = 81 ~ 100 dB HL)开放集句子识别的影响。在70分贝声压下呈现开放句子，并为每个参与者调整噪音水平，以减少天花板和地板的影响。结果表明，对于重度听力障碍的成人，四语者的言语感知得分显著降低(p . 0.05)。本研究的结果仅部分支持以下断言，即生态学上有效的语音感知测试应该包括表征外部环境中发现的频谱和时间特征的干扰。
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Pub Date : 2003-11-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.2.95.31121
S. Cameron, Rosalin Barker, P. Newall
Previous studies on the effect of linguistic background on tests of central auditory processing that utilise word stimuli have shown that the performance of children for whom English is a second language (ESL) is reduced compared to native English-speaking controls. Therefore, for this population, a poor score on central tests may not be an indication of an auditory processing problem, but rather the consequence of linguistic experience. In view of the potential dangers of misdiagnosis inherent in administering central auditory tests to children with ESL highlighted by these studies, a small preliminary exploration was conducted to examine the effect of ESL on the recently developed Macquarie Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test (MPSI; Cameron, Barker, and Newall, 2003). A trend emerged whereby having English as a second language affected performance on the dichotic condition of the test at the least favourable message to competition ratio (MCR), with ESL children performing at levels usually associated with auditory processing disorder (APD). This trend highlights the need for a larger study to determine the differences in performance on the MPSI between ESL listeners and normative data collected from native English-speaking controls. Possible reasons for the results of the preliminary exploration are discussed in relation to previous research.
先前关于语言背景对使用单词刺激的中央听觉处理测试的影响的研究表明，以英语为第二语言(ESL)的儿童的表现与以英语为母语的对照组相比有所下降。因此，对于这一人群来说，在中央测试中得分低可能不是听觉处理问题的迹象，而是语言经验的结果。鉴于这些研究强调了对ESL儿童进行中枢听觉测试固有的误诊潜在危险，我们进行了一项小型的初步探索，以检查ESL对最近开发的麦格理儿童言语清晰度测试(MPSI)的影响;Cameron, Barker, and Newall, 2003)。有一种趋势出现了，即英语作为第二语言会影响在测试的二元条件下的表现，在最不利的信息竞争比(MCR)上，ESL儿童的表现通常与听觉处理障碍(APD)有关。这一趋势强调了需要进行更大规模的研究，以确定ESL听众和从母语为英语的对照组收集的规范数据之间MPSI表现的差异。结合前人的研究，讨论了初步探索结果的可能原因。
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Pub Date : 2003-05-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.1.54.31122
Mridula Sharma, S. Purdy, Lou Bonnici
Although auditory brainstem response (ABR) audiometry is widely used to assess hearing sensitivity in infants and young children, normal calibration values vary across clinics. This study was undertaken to determine normal hearing thresholds for tonebursts and clicks with insert earphones. Techniques for performing electroacoustic and behavioural calibration of brief ABR stimuli are described. The average insert earphone thresholds for 25 young adults with normal hearing for 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz, 2-1-2 cycle tonebursts presented at 41 per second were: 24, 20, 23, 23 and 34 dB peak to peak equivalent (ppe) SPL (re 20 Pa), respectively. Average thresholds were about 30 dB ppeSPL for 100 s clicks. Results were generally consistent with normative values reported in the literature.
虽然听觉脑干反应(ABR)听力学被广泛用于婴幼儿的听力敏感性评估，但各诊所的正常校准值各不相同。这项研究是为了确定正常的听力阈值的音调爆发和点击与插入式耳机。描述了进行简短ABR刺激的电声和行为校准的技术。25名听力正常的年轻人在500、1000、2000、4000和8000hz、2-1-2周期、41 / s频率下的平均插入式耳机阈值分别为:24、20、23、23和34 dB峰对峰等效(ppe)声压级(约20 Pa)。点击100秒的平均阈值约为30 dB ppeSPL。结果与文献报道的正常值大体一致。
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Pub Date : 2003-05-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.1.10.31127
P. Thorne
This article is based on the Kaye Coddington Memorial Lecture of the New Zealand Audiological Society presented at the Combined Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Audiological Societies in Melbourne, March 2002. The annual lecture is given in memory of Kaye Coddington, a Clinical Audiologist who made a unique contribution to the audiology profession in New Zealand. The theme of the lecture, emphasising the importance of research in audiology, pays tribute to Kaye's strong advocacy for clinical excellence and particularly the role that research plays in informing clinical practice.
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Pub Date : 2003-05-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.1.36.31126
G. Keidser
Frequency-specific loudness data are widely used in procedures for fitting non-linear hearing aids, with each procedure using different methods to obtain information about a person's loudness perception. There has been some suggestion that due to differences in methodology different loudness tests result in different prediction of the non-linear amplification when applied according to the same fitting rationale. However, this has not been empirically verified. In this paper the inverse compression ratios prescribed based on a pure loudness normalisation technique and loudness data measured with two different categorical loudness scaling tests were compared for 20 test ears. The data showed that the two loudness tests produced significantly different prescriptions for non-linear amplification and that the discrepancy in prescription was non-linearly related to hearing threshold level with the greatest discrepancy found for cases with moderate loss. Differences in methodology used to obtain the loudness data are argued to be the most likely reason for the measured discrepancy in prescription. Up to 50% of a large variability in data across hearing threshold levels was explained by individual participant factors, suggesting that the interpretation of the two loudness tests varied across participants. The results imply that any fitting rationale based on frequency-specific loudness data is only valid for the test conditions in which the loudness data are obtained, and a hearing aid fitting based on frequency-specific loudness data should be verified.
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Pub Date : 2003-05-01DOI: 10.1375/AUDI.25.1.16.31124
S. Cameron, Rosalin Barker, P. Newall
Research has shown that the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test (PSI; Jerger and Jerger, 1984) is a sensitive tool for diagnosing auditory processing disorder (APD) in young children. The PSI is a speech test which utilises competing sentences presented dichotically and monotically at various message to competition ratios (MCRs). The purpose of the present study was to develop an Australian version of this test for use in local clinics. The Macquarie Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test (MPSI) was recorded using Australian speakers, in order to control for linguistic differences which could affect performance on the test by Australian children. Normative data was collected from 51 normally hearing Australian children aged 7.0 to 8.11 years. The scores below which a child's performance on the MPSI is considered indicative of APD were found to be comparable to those calculated for the original North American version of the test. No significant differences in performance between 7- and 8-year-olds were detected for either the monotic or dichotic conditions of the MPSI. The degree of right or left ear advantage on the dichotic task was very slight, regardless of handedness, making differentiating between the right and left ears when tabulating cut-off scores unnecessary. The preliminary results indicated that the MPSI will be a valuable tool in the identification of APD in the Australian school-aged population.
研究表明，儿童言语清晰度测试(PSI;Jerger and Jerger, 1984)是诊断幼儿听觉加工障碍(APD)的灵敏工具。PSI是一种语音测试，它利用在不同的信息竞争比(mcr)下二分和一元呈现的竞争句子。本研究的目的是开发一种澳大利亚版本的测试，用于当地诊所。麦考瑞儿童言语清晰度测试(MPSI)是用澳大利亚人来记录的，以控制可能影响澳大利亚儿童在测试中的表现的语言差异。本研究收集了51名7.0 ~ 8.11岁的澳大利亚正常听力儿童的标准数据。以下的分数被认为是儿童在MPSI上表现的指示性APD，与北美原版测试的计算结果相当。7岁和8岁儿童在MPSI单项或二元条件下的表现均无显著差异。无论惯用手与否，右耳或左耳在二分任务中的优势程度都非常轻微，这使得在制表截止分数时区分右耳和左耳变得没有必要。初步结果表明，MPSI将是一个有价值的工具，在识别APD在澳大利亚学龄人口。
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