Banana Shaped Audiogram

What an audiogram says about your hearing loss - …

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Why is the speech banana important? – TheKnowledgeBurrow.com

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A speech banana is a banana-shaped range on an audiogram that covers the frequencies and decibels that are needed to understand speech. Contained within the speech banana are letters and letter combinations for these sounds.

An Introduction to the Speech Banana - What Is It ...

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The term ‘speech banana’ comes from the banana-shaped cluster of dots on the audiogram that develops when human speech is examined. The spoken sound of all of the letters of the alphabet, except w, x, y and q, fall within the speech banana, as do the prevalent letter combinations ch, sh, th and ng.

The Speech Banana - The Essentials - Audiology Services of ...

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In an audiogram, you usually see the frequency (which is measured in Hertz) on the horizontal axis, and the loudness ( in Decibels) on the y axis. The phrase ‘speech banana’ comes from the banana-shaped collection of dots on the audiogram that develops when human language is analyzed. Almost the whole alphabet and most letter combinations (such as ng, ch, …

The Speech Banana - NJSHA

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The "Speech Banana" is a very useful visual tool for describing where the sounds and phonemes used in everyday human speech occur on an audiogram. It indicates the audible frequency that the sound is typically heard and perceived at. When mapped out on a graph, these phonemes and their frequencies illustrate a banana-like shape, which is where the

Is That a Banana In Your Ear? Understanding Hearing Loss ...

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The different loudness levels and pitches of where the speech sounds fall on the audiogram can be seen in a banana-shaped pattern, which is why it is referred to as a “speech banana”. Almost all of the entire alphabet and letter combinations (ex. ch, sh, th, and ng) fall into the speech banana range on an audiogram.

All About the Audiogram

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audiogram. The banana-shaped figure shows where most of the speech information is when a person is speaking at a normal conversational level. If “O” and “X” lines are drawn on the audiogram representing your child’s hearing loss, sounds above the line are not audible (too soft to hear) and sounds below the line are audible.