Table 6.
Application of the LCB Quantification Method to a 47 Year old Military Veteran Using AAHL Values for a 47-Year old man at the 5th (Worst) Percentile Using Values from (Lutman et al., 2016).
| Lutman et al. (2016) method | Frequency, kHz | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pass 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| Hearing threshold level (HTL), dB HL | 20 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 45 | 65 | |
| HTL at selected anchor points | 20.0 | 65.0 | |||||
| Selected age-associated hearing loss (AAHL) | 19.4 | 28.2 | 36.5 | 47.4 | 53.9 | 62.4 | |
| Misfit values (dB) | 0.6 | 2.6 | |||||
| Interpolated misfit values (dB) | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | |
| Adjusted AAHL | 20.0 | 29.4 | 38.1 | 49.4 | 56.1 | 65.0 | |
| Set AAHL to 0 when AAHL<0 | 20.0 | 29.4 | 38.1 | 49.4 | 56.1 | 65.0 | |
| Set AAHL to actual when AAHL>actual | 20.0 | 20.0 | 38.1 | 49.4 | 45.0 | 65.0 | |
| Bulge (dB) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Pass 2 | |||||||
| Modified HTL at anchor points (dB) | 19.9 | 64.7 | |||||
| Selected age-associated hearing loss (AAHL) | 19.4 | 28.2 | 36.5 | 47.4 | 53.9 | 62.4 | |
| Misfit values (dB) | 0.5 | 2.3 | |||||
| Interpolated misfit values (dB) | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | |
| Modified AAHL (dB) | 19.9 | 29.3 | 37.9 | 49.2 | 55.9 | 64.7 | |
| Set AAHL to 0 when AAHL<0 | 19.9 | 29.3 | 37.9 | 49.2 | 55.9 | 64.7 | |
| Set AAHL to actual when AAHL>actual | 19.9 | 20.0 | 37.9 | 49.2 | 45.0 | 64.7 | |
| Modified bulge = noise-induced loss (dB) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
| Mean noise-induced loss 1, 2 and 3 kHz | 0.7 | ||||||
| Mean noise-induced loss 1, 2 and 4 kHz | 0.3 | ||||||