Development of Mandarin monosyllabic speech test materials in China

Han, Demin; Wang, Shuo; Zhang, Hua; Chen, Jing; Jiang, Wenbo; Mannell, Robert; Newall, Phillip; Zhang, Luo

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“…Several Mandarin word test materials have been recently developed, with most using monosyllable words (Han et al, 2009; Ji et al, 2011; Tsai et al, 2009). For example, Han et al (2009) developed Mandarin monosyllabic speech test materials (MSTMs) for speech audiometry. Highly familiar monosyllabic words were phonologically balanced across lists, but list equivalency was validated only in NH listeners.…”

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Validation of list equivalency for Mandarin speech materials to use with cochlear implant listeners

Wang

et al. 2016

International Journal of Audiology

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Objectives Speech materials validated with normal-hearing listeners may not be appropriate for clinical assessment of cochlear implant (CI) users. The aim of this study was to validate list equivalency of the Mandarin Speech Perception (MSP) sentences, disyllables, and monosyllables in Mandarin-speaking CI patients. Design Recognition of MSP sentences, disyllables, and monosyllables each were measured for all 10 lists. Study sample 67 adult and 32 pediatric Mandarin-speaking CI users. Results There was no significant difference between adult and pediatric subject groups for all test materials. Significant differences were observed among lists within each test. After removing one or two lists within each test, no significant differences were observed among the remaining lists. While there was equal variance among lists within a given test, the variance was larger for children than for adults, and increased from monosyllables to disyllables to sentences. Conclusions Some adjustment to test lists previously validated with CI simulations was needed to create perceptually equivalent lists for real CI users, suggesting that test materials should be validated in the targeted population. Differences in mean scores and variance across test materials suggest that CI users may differ in their ability to make use of contextual cues available in sentences and disyllables.

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Validation of list equivalency for Mandarin speech materials to use with cochlear implant listeners

Wang

et al. 2016

International Journal of Audiology

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“…Egan [15] specified the following criteria regarding the selection of word lists utilized in word recognition tests: monosyllabically structured words, equivalent average difficulty between lists, equivalent average difficulty within lists, equivalent phonetic composition between lists, a composition representative of the spoken language, and words that are commonly used. Frequently used words in a language are better recognized compared to those less frequently used [16] . The selected words to be included in the speech recognition tests should neither be very easy nor very difficult to distinguish [15,17] .…”

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“…Han et al [16] 4.1 English NU-6, Beattie et al [36] 4.2 English CIDW-22, Beattie et al [36] 4.6 English NU-6, Wilson and Oyler [37] 4.4…”

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“…The selected words to be included in the speech recognition tests should neither be very easy nor very difficult to distinguish [15,17] . In order to assert the validity and reliability of a speech test, the principle of phonemic balance (PB) has been applied for a long time in the development of monosyllabic materials [16][17][18] . Other important principles in designing speech test materials are the familiarity of test items and the number of test items [2,16,19] .…”

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“…In order to assert the validity and reliability of a speech test, the principle of phonemic balance (PB) has been applied for a long time in the development of monosyllabic materials [16][17][18] . Other important principles in designing speech test materials are the familiarity of test items and the number of test items [2,16,19] . Typically, 50-items word lists are adopted in word recognition tests [2,15,18,20] .…”

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Development of a Turkish Monosyllabic Word Recognition Test for Adults

Durankaya¹,

Serbetcioglu²,

Dalkılıç³

et al. 2014

Int Adv Otol

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OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop a Turkish-specific speech recognition test, considering phonemic balance, homogeneity, and familiarity criteria. MATERIALS and METHODS:The most frequently used Turkish monosyllabic words were selected from the corpus. Thirty-six young adults with normal hearing were divided into two groups and asked to listen to words from the word pool; the words were given twice at six different intensity levels. The least and most frequently known words were identified and eliminated in order to provide homogeneity. Three word lists, each composed of 50 phonemically balanced words, were developed to be used in the tests. These lists were divided into two according to the phonemic balance criteria. RESULTS:No statistically significant difference was found among the word lists. Furthermore, the internal reliability of each list was analyzed using KR-20 and was found to be above 98% for all lists. CONCLUSION:The lists derived from the Turkish language were ascertained to be appropriate for use. As a result of using the developed lists to test individuals with various auditory pathologies, it will be possible to assess the lists' capability to distinguish pathological cases according to the location of the pathology.

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Variability of word discrimination scores in clinical practice and consequences on their sensitivity to hearing loss

Moulin

Bernard

Tordella

et al. 2016

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Speech perception scores are widely used to assess patient's functional hearing, yet most linguistic material used in these audiometric tests dates to before the availability of large computerized linguistic databases. In an ENT clinic population of 120 patients with median hearing loss of 43-dB HL, we quantified the variability and the sensitivity of speech perception scores to hearing loss, measured using disyllabic word lists, as a function of both the number of ten-word lists and type of scoring used (word, syllables or phonemes). The mean word recognition scores varied significantly across lists from 54 to 68%. The median of the variability of the word recognition score ranged from 30% for one ten-word list down to 20% for three ten-word lists. Syllabic and phonemic scores showed much less variability with standard deviations decreasing by 1.15 with the use of syllabic scores and by 1.45 with phonemic scores. The sensitivity of each list to hearing loss and distortions varied significantly. There was an increase in the minimum effect size that could be seen for syllabic scores compared to word scores, with no significant further improvement with phonemic scores. The use of at least two ten-word lists, quoted in syllables rather than in whole words, contributed to a large decrease in variability and an increase in sensitivity to hearing loss. However, those results emphasize the need of using updated linguistic material for clinical speech score assessments.

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Development of Mandarin monosyllabic speech test materials in China

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

Validation of list equivalency for Mandarin speech materials to use with cochlear implant listeners

Validation of list equivalency for Mandarin speech materials to use with cochlear implant listeners

Development of a Turkish Monosyllabic Word Recognition Test for Adults

Variability of word discrimination scores in clinical practice and consequences on their sensitivity to hearing loss

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