The Effect of Regional Dialect on the Psychometric Reliability and Validity of Two sets of Mandarin Speech Audiometry Materials
Keywords
Hearing, non-regional dialect, Mandarin, regional and non-regional listeners
Abstract
Previous research has shown conflicting evidence on the effect of testing an individual's hearing acuity with speech perception materials created in a mutually intelligible, yet non‐regional dialect. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of using previously developed psychometrically equivalent speech audiometry materials in Mainland Mandarin and Taiwan Mandarin to evaluate the speech perception abilities (word recognition and speech reception threshold) of regional and non‐regional listeners of the presented dialects. In addition, this study will investigate whether a native speaker of one Mandarin dialect is able to accurately administer and score the results from listeners of a different regional dialect. Some aspects of the listeners' performance on materials from a non‐regional Mandarin dialect were found to be significantly different statistically. However, it is unclear if such differences are large enough to make a difference in the clinical testing of speech perception. In terms of scoring accuracy, a high percentage of agreement was found between the two interpreters from different dialectal backgrounds. [Work supported by research funding from Brigham Young University School of Education]
Original Publication Citation
Nissen, S. L., Harris, R. W., Garlick, J., & Richardson, N. (2008). The effect of regional dialect on the psychometric reliability and validity of two sets of Mandarin speech audiometry materials. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5)A, 3716.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Nissen, Shawn L.; Harris, Richard W.; Garlick, Jamie; and Richardson, Nathan, "The Effect of Regional Dialect on the Psychometric Reliability and Validity of Two sets of Mandarin Speech Audiometry Materials" (2008). Faculty Publications. 7403.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/7403
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2008-05-01
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Communication Disorders
Copyright Status
© 2008 Acoustical Society of America
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