BKB-SIN speech-in-noise test

Getting started

Activate your speech-in-noise license key to get access to the test through your audiometry module.

Present the test via earphones or in a sound field with the attenuator dial set to 70 dB HL.

For subjects with 3F PTA hearing losses greater than 45 dB HL, set the attenuator dial to a level that is “Loud, But OK.”

When testing in a sound field, have the patient speak into the talkback microphone so that responses are clearly audible to the tester.

Instruct the patient to repeat the sentences spoken by the main talker and to ignore the background talkers.

A verbal “ready” cue precedes each sentence.

*At this level, the frequent peaks of the talker are at approximately 83 dB SPL for insert earphones, 85 dB SPL at 0 degrees azimuth in sound field, and 90 dB SPL with TOH earphones (ANSI S3.6 Specification for Audiometers, 1996).

Both lists of a List Pair (A & B) must be administered for valid scoring.