| Characterize the importance of speech as a critical audio signal in the military. |
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| Identify factors that impact Speech-in-Noise Performance. |
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| Describe possible differences between speech-in-noise tests and how their results my compare to each other and to subjective hearing complaint scores and audiometric thresholds. |
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| Identify performance distributions of auditory and cognitive assessments in service members. |
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| Describe the relationships between auditory and cognitive abilities. |
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| Describe the relationships between hearing aid benefit and auditory and cognitive abilities. |
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| Differentiate the perceptual and physiological deficits that persist in middle-aged adults despite a normal audiogram. |
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| Analyze how pupil-indexed listening effort and envelope following responses relate to speech-in-noise performance. |
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| Compare cross-species evidence implicating cochlear synaptopathy in age-related listening difficulties. |
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| List the 2 domains identified by the committee. |
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| Describe the objective and subjective measures selected by the committee to assess understanding speech in complex listening situations. |
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| Describe the subjective measure selected by the committee to assess hearing related psychosocial health. |
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| Compare and contrast reliability, minimal detectable difference, and minimal clinically important difference. |
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