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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2021 Jul-Aug;42(4):896–908. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001022

Table IV:

Correlations between PROM scores and speech recognition scores.

Instrument, Domains and Subdomains CNC (n=210) HINT (n=105) AzBio Quiet (n=202) AzBio +10 dB SNR (n=141)
r (95% CI) r (95% CI) r (95% CI) r (95% CI)
CIQOL-35 Profile
 Emotional 0.15 (0.01, 0.28) 0.25 (0.05, 0.43) 0.19 (0.05, 0.32) 0.33 (0.17, 0.47)
 Entertainment 0.28 (0.15, 0.40) 0.23 (0.03, 0.41) 0.32 (0.19, 0.44) 0.33 (0.17, 0.47)
 Environmental 0.30 (0.17, 0.43) 0.27 (0.08, 0.45) 0.21 (0.08, 0.35) 0.27 (0.10, 0.42)
 Listening effort 0.29 (0.15, 0.41) 0.24 (0.04, 0.42) 0.28 (0.14, 0.41) 0.40 (0.24, 0.53)
 Social 0.14 (0.00, 0.28) 0.23 (0.03, 0.41) 0.21 (0.07, 0.34) 0.28 (0.12, 0.43)
CIQOL-10 Global 0.34 (0.21, 0.46) 0.37 (0.18, 0.53) 0.34 (0.20, 0.46) 0.42 (0.27, 0.55)
NCIQ
 Physical 0.32 (0.19, 0.44) 0.31 (0.11, 0.48) 0.35 (0.22, 0.47) 0.30 (0.13, 0.44)
  BSP 0.24 (0.11, 0.37) 0.19 (−0.01, 0.38) 0.23 (0.09, 0.36) 0.21 (0.04, 0.37)
  ASP 0.20 (0.06, 0.33) 0.23 (0.03, 0.41) 0.28 (0.15, 0.41) 0.15 (−0.02, 0.31)
  SP 0.36 (0.23, 0.47) 0.35 (0.17, 0.52) 0.39 (0.26, 0.50) 0.36 (0.20, 0.50)
 Psychological 0.20 (0.06, 0.33) 0.23 (0.03, 0.41) 0.27 (0.14, 0.40) 0.36 (0.21, 0.50)
  SE 0.20 (0.06, 0.33) 0.23 (0.03, 0.41) 0.27 (0.14, 0.40) 0.36 (0.21, 0.50)
 Social 0.22 (0.09, 0.35) 0.20 (0.00, 0.39) 0.23 (0.09, 0.36) 0.33 (0.17, 0.48)
  AL 0.24 (0.10, 0.36) 0.20 (0.00, 0.39) 0.24 (0.10, 0.37) 0.35 (0.19, 0.49)
  SI 0.18 (0.05, 0.32) 0.18 (−0.02, 0.36) 0.20 (0.06, 0.33) 0.26 (0.10, 0.42)
 Total 0.30 (0.16, 0.42) 0.29 (0.09, 0.46) 0.33 (0.20, 0.45) 0.35 (0.19, 0.49)
HUI-3
 Speech 0.26 (0.13, 0.39) 0.16 (−0.04, 0.35) 0.32 (0.19, 0.44) 0.11 (−0.06, 0.28)
 Hearing 0.09 (−0.06, 0.22) 0.02 (−0.18, 0.22) 0.15 (0.01, 0.29) 0.06 (−0.11, 0.23)
 Total 0.13 (−0.01, 0.27) 0.04 (−0.16, 0.24) 0.21 (0.07, 0.34) 0.15 (−0.02, 0.31)

Note that speech recognition scores were not available for all subjects. CIQOL-Communication correlations with speech recognition scores are found in Figure 1. CNC: CNC word recognition score; HINT: HINT sentence recognition score; AzBIO quiet: AzBio sentence recognition score in quiet; AzBio +10 dB SNR: AzBio sentence score performed in +10 dB signal to noise ratio; BSP: basic sound perception; ASP: advanced sound perception; SP: speech production; SE: self-esteem; AL: activity limitations; SI: social interaction.