The Free App-Based Acceptable Noise Level Hearing Test Everyone Can Use ~New post in The Hearing Blog The Acceptable Noise Level (ANL) test is a valuable tool both for hearing impaired people as well as for professionals, as it tells us how much distracting noise bothers the person. This now-free test provides both an indication of how much hearing aid noise reduction technology is needed, and more importantly also an overall indication of the success in general with hearing aids. Originally limited to clinicians using an audiometer to vary the levels, the (somewhat-misnamed) “Speech in Noise” test module in the free uHear iPhone app has this very valuable tool; and since it is based on relative, not absolute sound levels, calibration is not an issue. In fact, the ANL test is such a valuable troubleshooting tool for speech pathologists (see the first Bootnote) as well as for hearing aid professionals, we recommend purchasing a $179 iPod Touch 4, if not an iPad, if an iOS device isn’t already owned. [Balance in aticle] ▬▬► Take the ANL test and post your own score in the comments below! thehearingblog/archives/1885
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 21:22:58 +0000
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