Audiologists' Predictions of Speech Intelligibility from Pure-Tone Audiograms.

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Allied Health Personnel; Articulation (Speech); Audiology; Auditory Evaluation; Auditory Tests; Hearing Impairments; Speech Skills; Test Use; Test Validity

Fifty-four audiologists were asked to predict future speech intelligibility in hearing-impaired children based on four pure-tone audiograms. Predictions varied significantly with degree of loss and status of high-frequency hearing. Audiologists with greater clinical experience had less faith in audiograms as predictors of speech skills than had their less experienced peers. (Author/VW)

1988

EJ373445