Psychometric equivalence of recorded spondaic words as test items

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 516-526

  Bilger, Robert C ^a   Matthies, Melanie L ^a,b   Meyer, Ted A ^a,c,e   Griffiths, Scott K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Item response function; Spondees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 0031808386     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4103.516     Document Type: Article

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