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The just meaningful difference in speech-to-noise ratio (2016)
Journal Article
McShefferty, D., Whitmer, W. M., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2016). The just meaningful difference in speech-to-noise ratio. Trends in Hearing, 20, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216515626570

The speech-to-noise ratio (SNR) in an environment plays a vital role in speech communication for both normal-hearing (NH) and hearing-impaired (HI) listeners. While hearing-assistance devices attempt to deliver as favorable an SNR as possible, there... Read More about The just meaningful difference in speech-to-noise ratio.

The just-noticeable difference in speech-to-noise ratio (2015)
Journal Article
McShefferty, D., Whitmer, W. M., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2015). The just-noticeable difference in speech-to-noise ratio. Trends in Hearing, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216515572316

Just-noticeable differences (JNDs) have been measured for various features of sounds, but despite its importance to communication, there is no benchmark for what is a just-noticeable—and possibly meaningful—difference in speech-to-noise ratio (SNR).... Read More about The just-noticeable difference in speech-to-noise ratio.

A method for measuring the intelligibility of uninterrupted, continuous speech (2014)
Journal Article
MacPherson, A., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2014). A method for measuring the intelligibility of uninterrupted, continuous speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(3), 1027-1030. doi:10.1121/1.4863657

Speech-in-noise tests commonly use short, discrete sentences as representative samples of everyday speech. These tests cannot, however, fully represent the added demands of understanding ongoing, linguistically complex speech. Using a new monitoring... Read More about A method for measuring the intelligibility of uninterrupted, continuous speech.

Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire (2014)
Journal Article
Whitmer, W. M., Howell, P., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2014). Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire. International Journal of Audiology, 53(5), 345-351. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2013.876110

Objective: To form a normative set of responses to the GHABP questionnaire from a large regional dataset. Design: Participants were asked to rate their hearing disability, handicap, hearing-aid (HA) use, HA benefit, HA satisfaction, and residual (aid... Read More about Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire.