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Enhancing Care with Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT)

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1.  The ACT test uses spectrotemporal modulation to predict which of the following?
  1. Unaided speech-in-noise performance
  2. Aided speech-in-noise performance
  3. Audiometric thresholds
  4. Word recognition in quiet
2.  Which patient group is ACT recommended for?
  1. Patients with severe tinnitus
  2. Children
  3. Patients with severe-profound hearing loss
  4. Adults who can complete pure tone audiometry
3.  On average, how long did it take clinicians to complete an ACT test with their patient in the study?
  1. 1-3 minutes
  2. 2-4 minutes
  3. 4-6 minutes
  4. 5-7 minutes
4.  What percentage of patients were successfully able to complete the ACT test in the clinical feasibility study described?
  1. 70%
  2. 80%
  3. 85%
  4. 93%
5.  Which Oticon technologies can use ACT for guiding noise reduction settings?
  1. All digital Oticon technology
  2. Sirius™ (Oticon Intent) and newer platforms only
  3. Polaris R™ (Oticon Real) and newer platforms only
  4. Velox™ (Oticon Opn) platform only

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