Leibold Lori J, Calandruccio Lauren, Buss Emily
Center for Hearing Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska.
Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Semin Hear. 2023 Mar 1;44(Suppl 1):S29-S35. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1764135. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Basic research investigating auditory development often has implications for clinical diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss in children, but it can be challenging to translate those findings into practice. Meeting that challenge was a guiding principle of Pat Stelmachowicz's research and mentorship. Her example inspired many of us to pursue translational research and motivated the recent development of the Children's English/Spanish Speech Recognition Test (ChEgSS). This test evaluates word recognition in noise or two-talker speech, with target and masker speech produced in either English or Spanish. The test uses recorded materials and a forced-choice response, so the tester need not be fluent in the test language. ChEgSS provides a clinical measure of masked speech recognition outcomes for children who speak English, Spanish, or both, including estimates of performance in noise and two-talker speech, with the goal of maximizing speech and hearing outcomes for children with hearing loss. This article highlights several of Pat's many contributions to pediatric hearing research and describes the motivation and development of ChEgSS.
研究听觉发育的基础研究常常对儿童听力损失的临床诊断和治疗具有启示意义，但将这些研究结果转化为实际应用可能具有挑战性。应对这一挑战是帕特·斯泰尔马乔维茨研究与指导工作的一项指导原则。她的榜样激励我们许多人开展转化研究，并推动了儿童英语/西班牙语语音识别测试（ChEgSS）的近期发展。该测试评估在噪声环境或双说话者语音中的单词识别能力，目标语音和掩蔽语音均以英语或西班牙语生成。该测试使用录制材料和强制选择反应，因此测试人员无需精通测试语言。ChEgSS为说英语、西班牙语或两种语言的儿童提供了一种掩蔽语音识别结果的临床测量方法，包括对噪声环境和双说话者语音中表现的估计，目标是使听力损失儿童的言语和听力结果最大化。本文重点介绍了帕特对儿科听力研究的诸多贡献，并描述了ChEgSS的研发动机和过程。
