![]() This battery powered stand-alone New product: The Noise Cube: Read More The Noise Cube has been developed to add speech in noise (SIN) testing capability to our Parrot system and as an alternative noise source for for Parrotplus users who prefer a constant background noise. ![]() New product: The Noise Cube Easy to use constant background noise We are pleased to announce the release of our latest product.We also have exciting news about BAA 2022: Read More We will also be showing the new ParrotTouch system, which will be available for purchase next year. We will have the ParrotPlus and the new Noise Cube with us for demonstrations. BAA 2022 We are looking forward to seeing everyone at stand 12 at the British Academy of Audiology Conference Manchester.Noise Cube Updates Following on from the official launch of the noise cube earlier this year, we are pleased to announce a number of important updates. ![]() Parents and teachers can immediately see the natural confusion which can arise when a child has a slight hearing difficulty.Ī full description of the test is given in “Evaluation of the E2L Toy Test as a screening procedure in clinical practice”, British Journal of Audiology 1996, pages 286-296įor further details of the EAL word list, please contact Dr Merle Mahon at The advantage of this test is that it is very simple. Current recommendations are that any child who cannot pass the test at 40 dB(A) should be referred to a specialist Audiology Centre. The criteria for passing this test is when a child gives four correct responses out of five requests. This is requested at differing sound levels and a child with normal hearing should be able to discriminate between items at a listening level of 40 dB(A). The child is placed in front of the toys and asked to “show me the ….”. The child is asked to identify each toy, any not identified are removed from the test. Each word in the list has a matching toy and a paired item with similar vowel or diphthong, but differing consonants. ![]() The “EAL” toy discrimination test uses 12 paired words which it has been found, are generally recognised by children who speak English as a second language. Therefore, we have changed the pair to CAR/STAR However, many customers working in northern areas of the UK find that this does not work phonetically. *The original EAL test used CAR/BATH as a pair. They identified words acquired by young Asian immigrant children and produced a developmentally and culturally appropriate set of 14 words. They found that the test materials such as the McCormick toy test, were less effective in identifying hearing difficulties in children who spoke English as an additional language. This test was developed by Dr Sue Bellman of Great Ormond Street Hospital and Eric Triggs and Merle Mahon of University College, London. ![]()
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