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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jul;134(7):771–777. doi: 10.1001/archotol.134.7.771

Table 3.

Sensitivity and Specificity for Two Testing Thresholds

Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Score < 80%
Synthetic Sentence 78.5 60.8
Identification (SSI)
Dichotic Sentence 83.8 58.6
Identification (DSI)
Dichotic Digits Test (DDT) 84.0 54.1
Composite test (lowest score) 97.5 28.9

Score < 50%
Synthetic Sentence 55.7 85.8
Identification (SSI)
Dichotic Sentence 52.5 93.5
Identification (DSI)
Dichotic Digits Test (DDT) 25.9 92.6
Composite test (lowest score) 80.2 78.4