A Spanish matrix sentence test for assessing speech reception thresholds in noise

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 536-544

  Hochmuth, Sabine ^a   Brand, Thomas ^a   Zokoll, Melanie A ^a   Castro, Franz Zenker ^b   Wardenga, Nina ^c   Kollmeier, Birger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Clinica Barajas   (Spain)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Matrix test; Spanish sentence test in noise; Speech reception threshold (SRT); Speech recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862165234     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.670731     Document Type: Article

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