What is it about?
This review article explored test measure outcomes comparing younger adults in the military or veteran population who reported hearing difficulties despite no measured hearing loss to control subjects (no hearing loss or reported hearing difficulties)
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Why is it important?
Proposed test batteries for individuals in the military / veteran populations with self-reported hearing difficulties have focused primarily on incorporating audiological test measures. This study evaluated the outcomes of literature examining differences in these audiological test measures as well as in non-audiological test measures. The findings indicate self-report questionnaires are the only consistent, repeatable measures which show differences among people with self-reported hearing difficulties without measured hearing loss and control subjects.
Perspectives
This study provides insight that audiological test measures in their current forms are not sensitive to identifying differences in those with self-perceived listening difficulties compared to controls. This suggests that listening effort and other factors may contribute to the perceived listening difficulties reported by subjects rather that disruptions in the auditory pathway.
David Jedlicka
University of Pittsburgh
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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of Diagnostic Measures in Veterans With Self-Perceived Hearing Handicap Despite Normal Audiometric Thresholds: A Rapid Scoping Review, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, August 2025, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-25-00096.
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