SPEECH IN NOISE - A PRACTICAL TEST PROCEDURE

A simple and effective speech in noise test is described with clinical findings for patients with normal hearing, cochlear and retrocochlear pathologies and auditory dysacusis. The test utilizes material readil y available in Audiology and ENT Departments. It was possible to obtai n useful diagnostic information in patients who complain of hearing lo ss, but who demonstrate normal audiometric thresholds and normal speec h in quiet discrimination.