The conductive SISI (short increment sensitivity index) test is an indirect procedure to estimate bone-conduction thresholds for middle ear pathology patients. A series of SISI tests are run, beginning at 20 dB S.L. and increasing in 10 dB S.L. steps, until a 100% SISI score is obtained. The following equation predicts the bone-conduction threshold:
The results of 25 conductive SISI tests on a conductive hearing loss group indicate that the equation approximates the measured B.C. threshold. There was no statistical difference between the predicated B.C. thresholds (12.4 dB) and measured B.C. thresholds (10.4 dB) for the group.
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