Test-rest Reliability of Mandarin Tracking of Noise Tolerance Test Materials
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2024.05.003
- VernacularTitle:普通话噪声接受度追踪测试材料的复测信度分析
- Author:
Yaqiong GUAN
1
;
Jialei FU
;
Aqiang DAI
;
Yongtao XIAO
;
Ting FAN
;
Pengfei GUAN
;
Jiamin GONG
;
Roujia ZHOU
;
Yunfeng WANG
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学医学技术与信息工程学院(杭州 310053)
- Keywords:
Tracking of noise tolerance(TNT)test;
Acceptable noise level;
Test-rest reliability
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2024;32(5):398-402
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the Mandarin tracking of noise tolerance(TNT)test material and compare the differences between the average tolerable noise level(aTNL)value obtained from assessment and the program-estimated tolerable noise level(eTNL).Methods A total of 25 subjects with normal hearing and aural communica-tional ability were selected to undergo two of the mandarin TNT tests successively(respectively test 1,C1;test 2,C2),and 13 of them completed the third test(C3)under the same test condition as test 2 at least 1 week later.The stimulus for the three test conditions was presented with"speech 0°,continuous noise 180°".Results The aTNL of 25 participants for C1 and C2 was 83.42±3.09 dB SPL and 83.50±3.18 dB SPL,respectively.The eTNL of 25 participants for C1 and C2 were 84.08±3.53 dB SPL and 83.95±3.85 dB SPL,respectively.The aTNL and eT-NL for 13 subjects who participated in C3 was 83.16±2.13 dB SPL and 83.18±2.64 dB SPL,respectively.The intra-session(C1 vs C2)and inter-session(C2 vs C3)test-retest reliability were 2.36 dB and 2.75 dB,respectively.Pearson correlation analysis showed that intra-session(r=0.837,P＜0.001)and inter-session(r=0.867,P＜0.001)test-retest reliability was good.There was no statistical difference between aTNL and eTNL in the other TNT tests(P＞0.05 for both)except that aTNL and eTNL were statistically different in C1(P＜0.01),and more than 90％of the subjects could obtain eTNL within 1 minute.Conclusion The test-retest reliability of Mandarin tracking of noise tolerance test is good,with advantages of high reliability and efficiency.
