Personal attenuation rating as an indicator of audiometric threshold shifts
HPFT effectively identifies individuals at elevated risk for hearing loss, particularly those achieving minimal or no attenuation from HPDs. The substitution of pure-tone thresholds for the unoccluded condition is viable and could significantly improve testing efficiency in hearing conservation programs.
Authors
- Devon Kulinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4655-2906)
- Benjamin Sheffield
- Douglas S Brungart
Institutions
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- CECOM Software Engineering Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Audiology
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2026.2614505
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00