نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد گفتاردرمانی، کمیته تحقیقات دانشجویی دانشجویان توانبخشی (تریتا)، گروه گفتاردرمانی، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، ایران
2 عضو هیئت علمی گروه شنواییشناسی دانشکده توانبخشی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، گروه شنواییشناسی، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، ایران
3 عضو هیئت علمی گروه گفتاردرمانی دانشکده توانبخشی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، کمیته تحقیقات دانشجویی دانشجویان توانبخشی (تریتا)، گروه گفتاردرمانی، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، ایران
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Background and Aims: The elderly population is increasing in the world as the levels of health and life expectancy increase, so more studies are needed in the fields of longevity and concequent changes in communication behaviors. Quick Speech in Noise Test (QSIN) examines auditory comprehension of the people in the presence of noise. The aim of the current study was to compare the results of QSIN in young adults and the elderly with normal hearing threshold.
Materials and Methods: In the present descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study, samples were selected through availability sampling. The study population consisted of 31 elderly and 31 young adults selected according to inclusion criteria. Audiometric tests of pure tone-acoustic Immitance and speech audiometric as well as QSIN were administered in the elderly and young adult groups.
Results: In Signal to Noise Ratios (SNR) 25, 20, 15,10,5, and 0 dB, there was a significant difference between the young adult and elderly groups (P<0.05). But in 25 SNRs, no significant difference was found between the two groups (P>0.05). Also, the results showed that SNR 5 SNR and SNR0 had significant differences with SNRs in 10, 15, 20, and 25 between the elderly and young adult groups (P <0.05).
Conclusion: According to the results obtained in the present study, elderly people may be different from the young adult group in cortical and sub cortical processing activities of the brain, and thus may have the weaker speech in noise comprehension ability compared with the young adult group.
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