Journal article
Quantifying Access to Speech in Children with Hearing Loss: The Influence of the Work of Pat Stelmachowicz on Measures of Audibility
Seminars in hearing, Vol.44(Suppl 1), pp.S17-S28
Tribute to Patricia Stelmachowicz
02/2023
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764136
PMCID: PMC10033202
PMID: 36970647
Abstract
This article reviews the research of Pat Stelmachowicz on traditional and novel measures for quantifying speech audibility (i.e., pure-tone average [PTA], the articulation/audibility index [AI], the speech intelligibility index, and auditory dosage) as predictors of speech perception and language outcomes in children. We discuss the limitations of using audiometric PTA as a predictor of perceptual outcomes in children and how Pat's research shed light on the importance of measures that characterize high-frequency audibility. We also discuss the AI, Pat's work on the calculation of the AI as a hearing aid outcome measure, and how this work led to the application of the speech intelligibility index as a clinically utilized measure of unaided and aided audibility. Finally, we describe a novel measure of audibility—auditory dosage—that was developed based on Pat's work on audibility and hearing aid use for children who are hard of hearing.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quantifying Access to Speech in Children with Hearing Loss: The Influence of the Work of Pat Stelmachowicz on Measures of Audibility
- Creators
- Kathryn B. Wiseman - Boys Town National Research HospitalRyan W. McCreery - Boys Town National Research Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Seminars in hearing, Vol.44(Suppl 1), pp.S17-S28
- Publisher
- Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc
- Series
- Tribute to Patricia Stelmachowicz
- DOI
- 10.1055/s-0043-1764136
- PMID
- 36970647
- PMCID
- PMC10033202
- ISSN
- 0734-0451
- eISSN
- 1098-8955
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2023
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984627295902771
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