---
title: "Innovations with Speech in Noise Assessment: The Present and the Future."
description: "ADA offers programming and support to audiologists and students who are or who desire to be autonomous practitioners in the field of Audiology."
url: "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/innovations-with-speech-in-noise-assessment-the-present-and-the-future"
date: "2026-06-26T21:55:31+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  Innovations with Speech in Noise Assessment: The Present and the Future.

  ![](https://www.audiologist.org/_resources/images/zoo/4members-only.gif)### Please log in to access the recording.

 [Click here for information regarding the benefits of ADA Membership.](https://www.audiologist.org/membership)

**Presentation Date:** 27 September 2025

**Duration:** 1:32:16

**Return to:** [AuDacity Archive](https://www.audiologist.org/audacity-archive)

Here we present speech recognition data in quiet and noise from thousands of patients with hearing loss. These data support using speech-in-noise testing as the default in audiologic assessment, reserving word-recognition in quiet for when performance is likely to be suoboptimal. We will also demonstrate between-session repeatability of speech tests as a function of hearing loss and baseline performance. Finally, we will show preliminary results from our AI-based tool for automatic speech recognition, which is capable of scoring audiologic tests in any language. Taken together, this research aims to modernize audiologic practice and better align testing with patient concerns.

**Attendees will be able to:**

1. Describe the relationship between speech recognition in quiet and noise
2. Articulate how repeatability of speech recognition tests change with increasing hearing loss
3. Describe new developments in artificial intelligence for scoring tests of speech recognition in quiet and noise

---

**Speaker:** Matthew Fitzgerald, Ph.D.

## Schema

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 1,
            "name": "Home",
            "item": "https://www.audiologist.org"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 2,
            "name": "AuDacity Archive",
            "item": "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ListItem",
            "position": 3,
            "name": "Innovations with Speech in Noise Assessment: The Present and the Future.",
            "item": "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/innovations-with-speech-in-noise-assessment-the-present-and-the-future"
        }
    ]
}
```

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "Article",
    "mainEntityOfPage": {
        "@type": "WebPage",
        "@id": "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/innovations-with-speech-in-noise-assessment-the-present-and-the-future"
    },
    "headline": "Innovations with Speech in Noise Assessment: The Present and the Future.",
    "description": "{source} {show accesslevels="Guest"} <div style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto">    <img class="float-none" src="_resources/images/zoo/4members-only.gif">    <h3 align="center">Please log in to access the recording.</h3>    <p align="center"><span class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle fa-beat" style="color:#ff7800;"></span> <a href="/membership">Click here for information regarding the benefits of ADA Membership.</a></strong></p></div> {/show}   {show accesslevels="Registered, OnDemand"} <div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1125600879?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="SAT-1300-Fitzgerald"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script> {/show} {/source}",
    "image": {
        "@type": "ImageObject",
        "url": "https://www.audiologist.org/_resources/images/zoo/audacity/2025/audacity-2025.jpg"
    },
    "publisher": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Academy of Doctors of Audiology",
        "logo": {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "url": "https://www.audiologist.org//images/favicon.png"
        }
    },
    "author": {
        "@type": "Person",
        "name": "Paul Scarnegie",
        "url": "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/innovations-with-speech-in-noise-assessment-the-present-and-the-future"
    },
    "datePublished": "2025-09-27T00:00:00+00:00",
    "dateCreated": "2025-09-27T00:00:00+00:00",
    "dateModified": "2025-10-20T15:56:04+00:00"
}
```