ADAPTIVE AUDITORY SPEECH TEST (AAST)

The AAST is a playful procedure that fits into the living environment of children and was developed by Prof. Frans Coninx. The automatic adaptive test enables an estimation of the speech recognition threshold (SRT) in children of kindergarten and preschool age within a very short time. Besides German, the test is available in eleven other languages and is very helpful for measurements of patients with migration background.

• Adaptive, speech audiometric test procedure
• Playful procedure to promote children's attention and motivation
• Designed for children from 4 years and older to interactively determine speech intelligibility threshold for speech (SRT)
• No verbal feedback from the child necessary
• Can be performed either via headphones or free-field loudspeakers
• Detection of hearing impairments that have remained inconspicuous during speech development
• Detection of hearing impairments in background noise - also in connection with auditory processing disorder (APD)
• Examination of the effectiveness of hearing aid and CI fittings
• Available in several languages
• Short duration (less than 2 minutes)

Under "R&D" you can download the R&D version of the measurement procedure as well as a free 30-day test license.  The CE-certified version can be obtained from your audiometer manufacturer.