Research Article

Development of a Test of Suprathreshold Acuity in Noise in Brazilian Portuguese: A New Method for Hearing Screening and Surveillance

Table 1

Maxima, mean values, and standard deviation (s.d.) of pure-tone thresholds measured in the group of 30 normal hearing young adults (NHY) and in the group of 101 adults with varying degrees of hearing impairment and handicap (ADU).

Right earLeft ear

Frequency (kHz)0.512480.51248
NHY
 Max (dB HL)15151015152015101510
 Mean (dB HL)6.74.32.32.82.07.54.32.22.31.3
 S.d.6.615.533.884.293.626.794.873.394.302.60
ADU
 Max (dB HL)506075100856560708595
 Mean (dB HL)20.018.019.627.332.719.417.218.727.432.8
  S.d.10.3813.8417.9123.7126.6610.6813.4617.6322.8027.98