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Miggiani, Pauline, Coninx, Frans and Schaefer, Karolin (2022). Validation of the Maltese Adaptive Auditory Speech Test (AAST). Audiol. Res., 12 (4). S. 357 - 377. BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2039-4349

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Abstract

The Adaptive Auditory Speech Test (AAST) was developed to record the Speech Recognition Threshold (SRT) in children in quiet or with background noise. AAST is an interlingually valid and reliable standardised tool with speech material developed in several languages. The Maltese version of the Adaptive Auditory Speech Test (AAST) was developed to examine the speech recognition skills of 208 children and 40 Maltese-speaking adults in quiet, noise and high frequency. The aims were to determine the norms in these three settings in adults and children aged 4 years and older. The Maltese version of AAST confirms an age dependent norm threshold with a significant improvement in threshold being observed as children grow older, similar to other AAST versions. This was evident across the three test settings. An approximate difference of 10 dB was also noted between 4-year-old and 10-year-old children in AAST in quiet. Thresholds of 10-year-olds and adults were similar in both the quiet and high frequency versions. Implications for post Universal Newborn Hearing Screening using these tools are addressed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Miggiani, Pauline UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Coninx, Frans UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schaefer, Karolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-665616
DOI:	10.3390/audiolres12040037
Journal or Publication Title:	Audiol. Res.
Volume:	12
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 357 - 377
Date:	2022
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	2039-4349
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language IN-NOISE TEST; HEARING; THRESHOLDS; RECOGNITION Multiple languages Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66561