Age standardization and time-of-day performance for the Oldenburg Sentence Test (OLSA): results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Purpose</jats:title> <jats:p>The Oldenburg Sentence Test (OLSA) is a German matrix test designed to determine speech recognition thresholds (SRT). It is widely used for hearing-aids and cochlear implant fitting, but an age-adjusted standard is still lacking. In addition, knowing that the ability to concentrate is an important factor in OLSA performance, we hypothesized that OLSA performance would depend on the time of day it was administered. The aim of this study was to propose an age standardization for the OLSA and to determine its diurnal performance.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>The Gutenberg Health Study is an ongoing population-based study and designed as a single-centre observational, prospective cohort study. Participants were interviewed about common otologic symptoms and tested with pure-tone audiometry and OLSA. Two groups—subjects with and without hearing loss—were established. The OLSA was performed in two runs. The SRT was evaluated for each participant. Results were characterized by age in 5-year cohorts, gender and speech recognition threshold (SRT). A time stamp with an hourly interval was also implemented.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>The mean OLSA SRT was − 6.9 ± 1.0 dB (group 1 male) and − 7.1 ± 0.8 dB (group 1 female) showing an inverse relationship with age in the whole cohort, whereas a linear increase was observed in those without hearing loss. OLSA-SRT values increased more in males than in females with increasing age. No statistical significance was found for the diurnal performance.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>A study with 2900 evaluable Oldenburg Sentence Tests is a novelty and representative for the population of Mainz and its surroundings. We postulate an age- and gender-standardized scale for the evaluation of the OLSA. In fact, with an intergroup standard deviation (of about 1.5 dB) compared to the age dependence of 0.7 dB/10 years, this age normalization should be considered as clinically relevant.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Autoren
  • Karoline O’Brien
  • Berit Hackenberg
  • Julia Döge
  • Andrea Bohnert
  • Tobias Rader
  • Karl J Lackner
  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Thomas Münzel
  • Philipp S Wild
  • Julian Chalabi
  • Alexander K Schuster
  • Irene Schmidtmann
  • Christoph Matthias
  • Katharina Bahr-Hamm
DOI
10.1007/s00405-023-08358-2
eISSN
1434-4726
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0937-4477
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5
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European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
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en
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2023
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2341 - 2351
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2024
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-023-08358-2
Datum der Datenerfassung
2024
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Age standardization and time-of-day performance for the Oldenburg Sentence Test (OLSA): results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study
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  • Karoline O’Brien
  • Berit Hackenberg
  • Julia Döge
  • Andrea Bohnert
  • Tobias Rader
  • Karl J Lackner
  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Thomas Münzel
  • Philipp S Wild
  • Julian Chalabi
  • Alexander K Schuster
  • Irene Schmidtmann
  • Christoph Matthias
  • Katharina Bahr-Hamm
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Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
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DOI
10.1007/s00405-023-08358-2
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1434-4726
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European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head & neck
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  • 610 Medizin
  • 610 Medical sciences
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eng
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Datum der Veröffentlichung
2023
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https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9972
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Springer
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2024
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Age standardization and time-of-day performance for the Oldenburg Sentence Test (OLSA) : results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study
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