Testing speech perception at a soft level
I have been feeling for awhile that I am not hearing well. I went for an evaluation and, I was right. Speech perception testing confirmed what I suspected. While I did fine at normal conversation, my speech perception for soft speech was poor at 56%. Hmmm. I tried new hearing aids and when I got…
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Using Test Results to Plan Management
Is the child hearing normal conversation? If a child has good speech perception at normal conversational levels (45-50 dBHL) than we expect the child will hear well when 3-6 feet from the person who is speaking and when it is quiet. If she cannot hear well when close to the talker she will have…
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