1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Audiology, 26066 Academic Medical Centre , Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2 Department of Audiology, 4501 Leiden University Medical Centre , Leiden, The Netherlands.
Trends Hear. 2017 Jan-Dec;21:2331216517743641. doi: 10.1177/2331216517743641.
Previously found effects of age on thresholds for speech reception thresholds in noise in adolescents as measured by an online screening survey require further study in a well-controlled teenage sample. Speech reception thresholds (SRT) of 72 normal-hearing adolescent students were analyzed by means of the online speech-in-noise screening tool Earcheck (In Dutch: Oorcheck). Screening was performed at school and included pure-tone audiometry to ensure normal-hearing thresholds. The students' ages ranged from 12 to 17 years. A group of young adults was included as a control group. Data were controlled for effects of gender and level of education. SRT scores within the controlled teenage sample revealed an effect of age on the order of an improvement of -0.2 dB per year. Effects of level of education and gender were not significant. Hearing screening tools that are based on SRT for speech in noise should control for an effect of age when assessing adolescents. Based on the present data, a correction factor of -0.2 dB per year between the ages of 12 and 17 is proposed. The proposed age-corrected SRT cut-off scores need to be evaluated in a larger sample including hearing-impaired adolescents.
先前通过在线筛查调查测量青少年噪声中言语接受阈的年龄对阈值的影响，需要在经过良好控制的青少年样本中进一步研究。使用在线言语噪声筛查工具 Earcheck（荷兰语：Oorcheck）分析了 72 名正常听力青少年学生的言语接受阈。筛查在学校进行，包括纯音测听以确保正常听力阈值。学生年龄在 12 至 17 岁之间。包括一组年轻人作为对照组。数据控制了性别和教育水平的影响。在受控制的青少年样本中，SRT 分数显示年龄对每年提高 -0.2dB 的影响。教育水平和性别没有显著影响。基于 SRT 的噪声言语听力筛查工具在评估青少年时应控制年龄的影响。基于目前的数据，提出在 12 至 17 岁之间，每年校正-0.2dB 的校正因子。建议的年龄校正 SRT 截断分数需要在包括听力受损青少年在内的更大样本中进行评估。
