Table 1.
Summary of speech-in-noise studies in tinnitus patients with normal hearing sensitivity
| Study | N | Age (years) | Tinnitus characteristics | Speech-in-noise test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | Mean (SD) | Laterality | Severity | |||
| Huang et al. (2007) | 20 | 22–62 | 40.75 (8.59) | Unilateral or bilateral | Mean THI: 30.4 | MSPIN |
| Hennig et al. (2011) | 19 | 21–59 | – | Unilateral or bilateral | – | LSP recognition in noise |
| Ryu et al. (2012) | 20 | 20–35 | 28.2 (6.3) | Unilateral | Mean THI: 30.2 | K-HINT |
| Jain and Sahoo (2014) | 20 | 18–55 | 38.1 | − | − | Kannada QuickSIN |
| Moon et al. (2015) | 9 | – | 28.22 (9.22) | Unilateral | Mean THI: 49 | SRT in noise |
| Gilles et al. (2016) | 19 | < 30 | – | Unilateral or bilateral | Mean TQ: 27.2 | LIST in noise |
N: number of tinnitus patients; THI: Tinnitus Handicap Inventory; TQ: Tinnitus Questionnaire; MSPIN: Mandarin Speech Perception in Noise Test; LSP: Lists of Sentences in Portuguese; K-HINT: Korean Hearing in Noise Test; QuickSIN: Quick Speech-in-Noise test; SRT: speech reception threshold; LIST: Leuven Intelligibility Sentence test