Development of speech reception threshold materials for speakers of Taiwan Mandarin

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 449-458

  Nissen, Shawn L ^a   Harris, Richard W ^a   Slade, Katie B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Digitally recorded; Homogeneity; Logistic regression; Mandarin; Psychometric function; Speech audiometry; Speech reception threshold; SRT; Taiwan; Trisyllabic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MANDARIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34547192844     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020701361296     Document Type: Article

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