Polish sentence tests for measuring the intelligibility of speech in interfering noise

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 433-443

  Ozimek, Edward ^a   Kutzner, Dariusz ^a   Sk, Aleksander ^a   Wicher, Andrzej ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Psychometric function; Sentence test; Speech intelligibility; Speech reception threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NOISE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350506850     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020902725521     Document Type: Article

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