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Turkish Hearing in Noise Test (HINT-TR)

Türkçe Gürültüde Konuşmayı Anlama Testi (HINT-TR)
Speech PerceptionNoiseSpatial HearingHearing Loss
Corresponding author: Şule Çekiç
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Description

The HINT-TR is a sentence test that adaptively measures the reception threshold for sentences in quiet and the signal-to-noise ratio needed to understand speech in noise. Testing is done in four conditions: quiet, noise front, noise right and noise left, and results are reported as thresholds in dB. The Turkish adaptation was published in 2008; updated norms were obtained in 2026 from 30 adults with normal hearing, tested with headphones and loudspeakers in a quiet, non-sound-treated clinic room.

At a Glance

RespondentPerformance test
Age groupAdult (18–64) · Older adult (65+)
Test typeAdaptive sentence test
ConditionsQuiet · noise front · right · left
Outcome measureRTS in quiet · SNR in noise (dB)
PresentationHeadphones and loudspeakers
Norms (2026)30 normal-hearing adults

Measured Properties

Sentence reception threshold in quiet and in noise; speech understanding depending on noise direction

Target Population

Turkish-speaking adults; norms were obtained from adults with normal hearing.

Source & Citation

Çekiç, Ş., & Sennaroğlu, G. (2008). The Turkish Hearing in Noise Test. International Journal of Audiology, 47(6), 366–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992020802056027
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Çekiç, Ş., Kartal Özcan, E., & Sennaroğlu, G. (2026). Turkish Hearing in Noise Test for adults: Revisited and updated normative data. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 11(4), e70540. https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.70540
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Original Scale

Original name: Hearing in Noise Test (HINT)

Nilsson, M., Soli, S. D., & Sullivan, J. A. (1994). Development of the Hearing in Noise Test for the measurement of speech reception thresholds in quiet and in noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95(2), 1085–1099. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.408469
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Access

To access the full text of this tool, contacting the corresponding author is recommended.

Contact: sulecekic@hotmail.com

The 2026 article with updated norms (second source above) is open access.

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