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  • Title: How much does language proficiency by non-native listeners influence speech audiometric tests in noise?
    Author: Warzybok A, Brand T, Wagener KC, Kollmeier B.
    Journal: Int J Audiol; 2015; 54 Suppl 2():88-99. PubMed ID: 26344170.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The current study investigates the extent to which the linguistic complexity of three commonly employed speech recognition tests and second language proficiency influence speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) in noise in non-native listeners. DESIGN: SRTs were measured for non-natives and natives using three German speech recognition tests: the digit triplet test (DTT), the Oldenburg sentence test (OLSA), and the Göttingen sentence test (GÖSA). STUDY SAMPLE: Sixty-four non-native and eight native listeners participated. RESULTS: Non-natives can show native-like SRTs in noise only for the linguistically easy speech material (DTT). Furthermore, the limitation of phonemic-acoustical cues in digit triplets affects speech recognition to the same extent in non-natives and natives. For more complex and less familiar speech materials, non-natives, ranging from basic to advanced proficiency in German, require on average 3-dB better signal-to-noise ratio for the OLSA and 6-dB for the GÖSA to obtain 50% speech recognition compared to native listeners. CONCLUSIONS: In clinical audiology, SRT measurements with a closed-set speech test (i.e. DTT for screening or OLSA test for clinical purposes) should be used with non-native listeners rather than open-set speech tests (such as the GÖSA or HINT), especially if a closed-set version in the patient's own native language is available.
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