Table 3.
Percent Benefit Achieved in Speech Recognition When Using Roger Pen and Roger Select Compared with Ear-Level Technology Alone across Four Noise Levels (Benefit = Wireless Microphone Score − HA/CI Alone Score)
Noise level (dBA) | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | ||||
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Participant | Pen | Select | Pen | Select | Pen | Select | Pen | Select |
1* | 3.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.21 | 41.51 | 41.51 | 42.59 | 86.27 |
2 | −0.11 | 1.82 | 16.99 | 16.99 | 31.11 | 54.78 | 43.40 | 80.70 |
3 | 21.86 | 18.75 | 60.37 | 61.04 | 70.88 | 65.17 | 23.08 | 43.13 |
4 | 18.18 | 14.54 | 24.40 | 22.55 | 36.02 | 45.28 | 39.62 | 96.08 |
5 | 54.71 | 62.26 | 52.24 | 83.02 | 49.02 | 90.91 | 24.07 | 54.39 |
6 | 38.99 | 44.44 | 70.59 | 72.55 | 48.60 | 85.25 | 31.48 | 74.51 |
7 | 19.68 | 19.71 | 14.81 | 22.65 | 67.04 | 73.49 | 11.77 | 57.89 |
8 | 9.69 | 11.57 | 26.06 | 7.84 | 13.81 | 24.57 | 29.41 | −1.71 |
9 | 3.92 | 1.95 | 1.89 | −0.03 | 3.43 | 5.43 | 25.54 | 49.17 |
10 | 12.99 | 15.10 | 42.59 | 42.59 | 47.73 | 75.54 | 32.88 | 42.49 |
Vlean | 18.38 | 19.01 | 30.99 | 34.24 | 40.92 | 56.19 | 30.38 | 58.29 |
SD | 17.08 | 19.88 | 24.38 | 29.90 | 21.11 | 27.90 | 9.86 | 28.19 |
Denotes the use of personal aids for the study.