Abstract
The paper presents the results of sentence and logatome speech
intelligibility measured in rooms with induction loop for hearing aid
users. Two rooms with different acoustic parameters were chosen. Twenty
two subjects with mild, moderate and severe hearing impairment using
hearing aids took part in the experiment. The intelligibility tests
composed of sentences or logatomes were presented to the subjects at fixed
measurement points of an enclosure. It was shown that a sentence test is
more useful tool for speech intelligibility measurements in a room than
logatome test. It was also shown that induction loop is very efficient
system at improving speech intelligibility. Additionally, the
questionnaire data showed that induction loop, apart from improving speech
intelligibility, increased a subject’s general satisfaction with speech
perception
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