Joiko Jasmin, Bohnert Andrea, Strieth Sebastian, Soli Sigfrid D, Rader Tobias
Audiological Acoustics Division, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Int J Audiol. 2021 Nov;60(11):927-933. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1837969. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
The aims of this study were to develop a German Hearing In Noise Test (HINT) using the same methodology as with previous HINT tests; to develop sentence lists for measuring speech reception thresholds (SRTs); and to determine test-retest reliability and norms for measures obtained under headphones.
The following steps were followed: develop and record sentences, synthesise masking noise, determine the performance-intensity (PI) function, equalise sentence difficulty in the masking noise. Form sentence lists of equal difficulty. Measure SRTs for normal hearing individuals to determine practice/learning effects, test-retest reliability, and norms.
Three groups of adults (median age = 25 years) with average better ear pure-tone averages (PTAs) ≤ 5 dB HL participated.
The 12 20-sentence lists were well-matched phonemically and did not differ significantly in difficulty. Test-retest reliability 95% confidence intervals ranged from 1.3 to 2.5 dB. Norms in quiet and in noise exhibited the same pattern as those for other HINT languages. German norms were approximately 2 dB lower than other languages in the noise conditions.
The German HINT materials are comparable to those for other languages and are partially consistent with recommendations for construction of multilingual speech tests. They can be used for comparing and pooling research results from the international research community.
本研究的目的是采用与以往听力噪声测试（HINT）相同的方法开发德语听力噪声测试；开发用于测量言语接受阈（SRT）的句子列表；并确定耳机条件下测量结果的重测信度和常模。
遵循以下步骤：编写并录制句子、合成掩蔽噪声、确定性能-强度（PI）函数、在掩蔽噪声中均衡句子难度。形成难度相等的句子列表。测量正常听力个体的SRT，以确定练习/学习效果、重测信度和常模。
三组平均较好耳纯音平均听阈（PTA）≤5dB HL的成年人（年龄中位数 = 25岁）参与研究。
12个包含20个句子的列表在音素上匹配良好，难度无显著差异。重测信度的95%置信区间为1.3至2.5dB。安静和噪声环境下的常模与其他HINT语言呈现相同模式。在噪声条件下，德语常模比其他语言约低2dB。
德语HINT材料与其他语言的材料具有可比性，部分符合多语言言语测试构建的建议。它们可用于比较和汇总国际研究界的研究结果。
