Multicenter evaluation and validation of the Dutch MATRIX test

Multicenter evaluation and validation of the Dutch MATRIX test - The applicability of the new Dutch MATRIX test

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON38949

Enrollment

Registered

2013-10-24

Start date

2019-09-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

hearing impairment speech intelligibility in noise

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Aged 18 years or older Native speaker of the Dutch language For normal-hearing group: normal hearing ability (average hearing loss at 0.5,1, 2, and 4 kHz equal to or less than 10 dB HL and all individual hearing threshold levels at octave frequencies egual to or less than 25 dB HL. For hearing impaired group: sensorineural hearing loss (average hearing loss at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz between 10 dB HL and 60 dB HL).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Language problems Conductive hearing loss, as expressed by an air-bone gap greater than 10 dB HL.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
SRT results of normal hearing listeners that will determine reference values. Test-retest differences for both normal hearing and hearing impaired subjects.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of SRT scores of the Matrix test with the gold standard (LIST and VU sentences and pure-tone audiometry), for normal hearing and hearing impaired subjects. The effect of mother tongue of the listener in relation to the speaker (Dutch or Flemish)	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results