Leigh Martin

Director Interacoustics Academy

BSc (Hons), Interacoustics A/S, Middelfart, Denmark.

Latest Contribution

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Advances in speech testing for improved diagnosis and rehabilitation

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA - Audiology - Adult

Measuring an individual’s ability to hear speech in quiet or in the presence of background noise has long been a key component of a comprehensive audiological assessment. Moving beyond the pure-tone audiogram allows us to gain insights that extend far...

Graph showing example ‘tracking trace’ of an ACT run.

Audible Contrast Threshold – a new test to guide setting help-in-noise features in hearing aids

4 March 2024 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic

A new diagnostic test that is quick and has directly applicable results to hearing aid settings has arrived, but how does it work? Leigh Martin has the answers. In an earlier article for ENT & Audiology News, Parmar and Rajasingam...

Graph images showing Type B 226Hz tympanogram in a child a patent pressure equalisation tube, and middle ear absorbance as a function of frequency using the Interacoustics Titan.

Multifrequency tympanometry

1 March 2019 | | ENTA - Audiology - Adult, ENTA - Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA - Audiology - Diagnostic

There are many good reasons to start using multifrequency tympanometry as opposed to a traditional, single 226Hz probe tone. Here, Leigh Martin of Interacoustics discusses the uses and benefits. Tympanometry is a core test in the audiologist’s test battery. In...