Multicenter evaluation and validation of the Dutch MATRIX test

Completed

• Conditions: hearing impairment; speech intelligibility in noise; 10019243

• Registration Number: NL-OMON38949
• Lead Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 30

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

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>SRT results of normal hearing listeners that will determine reference values.<br /><br>Test-retest differences for both normal hearing and hearing impaired subjects.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

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