Investigators developed a test that quickly measures speech understanding in background noise. An established 70-word hearing test was reduced to 35 words, which cut testing time in half. A shorter word list will help clinicians rapidly evaluate patients' abilities and address their needs (e.g., hearing aids with directional microphones, FM technology, or digital signal-processing noise-reduction algorithms).
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