Abstract

The extended speech intelligibility index (ESII) model () forms an upgrade to the conventional speech intelligibility index model. For normal-hearing listeners the ESII model is able to predict the speech reception threshold (SRT) in both stationary and non-stationary noise maskers. In this paper, a first attempt is made to evaluate the ESII with SRT data obtained by , and of hearing-impaired listeners in stationary, 10-Hz interrupted, and non-stationary speech-shaped noise measured at different noise levels. The results show that the ESII model is able to describe the SRT in different non-stationary noises for normal-hearing listeners at different noise levels reasonably well. However, the ESII model is less successful in the case of predicting the SRT in non-stationary noise for hearing-impaired subjects. As long as the present audibility models cannot describe the auditory processing in a listener with cochlear hearing loss accurately, it is difficult to distinguish between raised SRTs due to supra-threshold deficits or factors such as cognition, age, and language skills.SumarioEl modelo del Índice extendido de inteligibilidad del lenguaje (ESII) () constituye una actualización del modelo de índice convencional de inteligibilidad del lenguaje. Para oyentes con audición normal, el modelo del ESII es capaz de predecir el umbral de recepción del lenguaje (SRT) tanto ante enmascaradores de ruido estacionario y como no estacionario. En este trabajo, se realiza un primer intento para evaluar el ESII con datos del SRT obtenidos por Laat y Plomp (1983) y a partir de sujetos con hipoacusia, en ruido estacionario, con interrupciones de 10-Hz, y en ruido no estacionario con conformación de lenguaje, medido a diferentes niveles de intensidad. Los resultados muestran que el modelo ESII es capaz de describir el SRT razonablemente bien, para diferentes ruidos no estacionarios en sujetos normo-oyentes, a diferentes niveles de intensidad. Sin embargo, el modelo ESII es menos exitoso para predecir el SRT en ruido no estacionario con sujetos hipoacúsicos. En tanto que los modelos presentes de audibilidad no puedan describir el procesamiento auditivo en un sujeto con pérdida auditiva coclear en forma exacta, es difícil distinguir entre un SRT elevado debido a una deficiencia supra-umbral o a factores tales como cognición, edad o habilidad para el lenguaje.

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