TABLE 1.

Performance of digits-in-noise speech reception threshold and maximum speech recognition monaural performance scores to predict normal and abnormal best ear 4 frequency pure-tone average (SNR cut-off = −9.5 dB SNR).

Variable	HL (n)	NH (n)	Sens	Spec	AUROC
BEa SRT predicting BE 4FPTA	50	59	0.883	0.878	0.941
Maximum SRS dB predicting BE 4FPTA	60	49	0.831	0.974	0.937
BE SRT predicting BE SRS dB	59	50	0.76	0.868	0.884

SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; SRT, speech reception threshold; SRS dB, speech recognition monaural performance scores; 4FPTA, 4 frequency pure-tone average; dB, decibel; BE, best ear; Sens, sensitivity; Spec, specificity; AUROC, area under the curve; HL, hearing loss; NH, normal-hearing.