Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT™)

Fit for real-world challenges with speech-in-noise testing

Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT™) quickly provides insights into each client's ability to hear speech in noise, and instantly prescribes how much help they need.

How can ACT improve your hearing care practice?

Individualised insights

Gain actionable knowledge of each client's hearing-in-noise ability to elevate your fitting abilities.

Personalised prescriptions

Prescribe the optimal amount of help in noise based on each client’s actual hearing-in-noise test results.¹

Seamless incorporation

ACT testing takes just two minutes on average, and results are automatically integrated into Oticon Genie 2.

See how ACT prescriptions help clients hear speech in noise

ACT helps address the #1 complaint for people with hearing loss – hearing speech in noise

Hearing speech in background noise is the number one challenge for people with hearing loss,² and a primary complaint reported by hearing care professionals.

Being able to hear friends and family in noise has been rated as the most desirable hearing aid attribute by consumers.³ But communication difficulties in background noise can’t be measured by a pure-tone audiogram alone.⁴

ACT is a new standard for speech-in-noise prescription.

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Explore the ACT clinical experience

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Understand the science

Dive into the research to learn more about how ACT can help your clinic.

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Fitting and counselling

Discover how simple it is to include ACT in your clinical workflow.

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Discover ACT in action

New research conducted with multiple real-life audiology clinics showed that 90% of clinicians wanted to recommend ACT to other clinicians.

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Part of Oticon’s clinical experience

Optimal hearing care is life-changing

Oticon’s clinical offerings go far beyond our hearing aids, helping you deliver life-changing care for your clients.We make it easy and efficient to apply an optimal, person-centred clinical approach in your unique setting, throughout every stage of rehabilitation, so you can achieve optimal outcomes for each individual.

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More resources to help get you started

Fitting Guide

Get an overview of how to use the ACT diagnostic test during fittings.

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Frequently asked questions

Explore our FAQ to find answers to common questions about ACT

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References  

Santurette & Laugesen (2023). Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT™). A language-independent diagnostic test to quantify real life speech-in-noise ability and personalise help-in-noise settings in hearing aids. Oticon Whitepaper.
Jorgensen and Novak (2020). Factors influencing hearing aid adoption.
Manchaiah et al. (2021). Consumer ratings of the most desirable hearing aid attributes.
Portnuff & Bell (2019). Effective use of speech-in-noise testing in the clinic.