Fig. 2.

Validation of the hearing screening procedure. A Meta-analysis of 15 studies in the literature suggested that speech-in-noise tasks yield a large effect size separating individuals with normal hearing (NH) and hearing loss (HL). B Theoretical calculations based on results from panel A predict the expected trade-off between sensitivity and specificity for the detection of hearing loss. This was used to determine cutoff scores for the hearing screening procedure. C Actual selectivity of our hearing screening procedure was quantified in a cohort of subjects with a professional (clinical) diagnosis of hearing loss. Sensitivity for any degree of HL was about 81%. Sensitivity for more-than-mild HL (i.e., moderate, moderately-severe, or severe) was $>95$%. Error bars in panel C indicate standard deviation of estimated pass rates from $N=72$ subjects