National Acoustic Laboratories, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Int J Audiol. 2021 Sep;60(9):704-710. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1731614. Epub 2020 Feb 28.
The aim of this study was to compare speech reception thresholds in noise measured with the Listening in Spatialised Noise - Universal test (LiSN-U; which requires no English knowledge) with those measured from the relevant conditions of the LiSN - Sentences test (LiSN-S; a test requiring knowledge of English) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. A second aim was to compare the ability of the two tests to detect spatial processing disorder.
Participants completed audiometry, the LiSN-S, and the LiSN-U.
90 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged six to 14 years tested in a school setting.
Strong correlations were found between speech reception thresholds in noise for the two tests. A moderate correlation was found between the difference scores that each test uses to detect spatial processing disorder. Consistent diagnoses of whether a child had spatial processing disorder or not on both tests were found for 72% of children.
The moderate-to-strong relationships and agreement between diagnoses found for the LiSN-S and LiSN-U show promise for the LiSN-U being used as a tool to investigate spatial processing disorder in children, without requiring the test to use a language familiar to the children being tested.
本研究旨在比较使用 Listening in Spatialised Noise - Universal 测试（LiSN-U；无需英语知识）测量的噪声下言语识别阈与使用 Listening in Spatialised Noise - Sentences 测试（LiSN-S；需要英语知识）的相关条件测量的噪声下言语识别阈在澳大利亚原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民儿童中的差异。第二个目的是比较这两种测试方法检测空间处理障碍的能力。
参与者完成了听力测试、LiSN-S 和 LiSN-U。
90 名年龄在 6 至 14 岁的澳大利亚原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民儿童在学校环境中接受测试。
两种测试的噪声下言语识别阈之间存在很强的相关性。每个测试用于检测空间处理障碍的差值得分之间存在中度相关性。两种测试对 72%的儿童都能做出一致的空间处理障碍诊断。
LiSN-S 和 LiSN-U 的诊断结果具有中等至强的相关性和一致性，表明 LiSN-U 可作为一种工具，无需使用儿童熟悉的语言，即可用于调查儿童的空间处理障碍。
