Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials

The purpose of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and psychometrically equate a set of Arabic monosyllabic word lists to use in the measurement of the word recognition score. Familiar Arabic monosyllabic words were digitally recorded by a native male talker from Jordan who was ju...

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Main Author: Robertson, Maida Christine
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spelling ndltd-BGMYU2-oai-scholarsarchive.byu.edu-etd-17422019-05-16T03:13:52Z Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials Robertson, Maida Christine The purpose of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and psychometrically equate a set of Arabic monosyllabic word lists to use in the measurement of the word recognition score. Familiar Arabic monosyllabic words were digitally recorded by a native male talker from Jordan who was judged to have a standard Arabic dialect. Twenty native Arabic participants with normal hearing were used as subjects to determine the percentage of correct word recognition for each word at 10 intensity levels ranging from -5 to 40 dB HL in 5 dB increments. The monosyllabic word data were analyzed using logistic regression. The words producing the steepest psychometric function were included in the final word lists. Four lists of 50 words each were created and eight half-lists (25 words each) were created from the four lists. A Chi-square analysis was performed, revealing no statistical differences among the lists and half-lists. The mean monosyllabic psychometric function slopes at 50% for lists and half-lists were 4.8%/dB. 2006-07-21T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/743 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1742&context=etd http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/ All Theses and Dissertations BYU ScholarsArchive Arabic speech audiometry psychometrically equivalent word lists monosyllabic word recognition score Communication Sciences and Disorders
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topic Arabic
speech audiometry
psychometrically equivalent
word lists
monosyllabic
word recognition score
Communication Sciences and Disorders
spellingShingle Arabic
speech audiometry
psychometrically equivalent
word lists
monosyllabic
word recognition score
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Robertson, Maida Christine
Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials
description The purpose of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and psychometrically equate a set of Arabic monosyllabic word lists to use in the measurement of the word recognition score. Familiar Arabic monosyllabic words were digitally recorded by a native male talker from Jordan who was judged to have a standard Arabic dialect. Twenty native Arabic participants with normal hearing were used as subjects to determine the percentage of correct word recognition for each word at 10 intensity levels ranging from -5 to 40 dB HL in 5 dB increments. The monosyllabic word data were analyzed using logistic regression. The words producing the steepest psychometric function were included in the final word lists. Four lists of 50 words each were created and eight half-lists (25 words each) were created from the four lists. A Chi-square analysis was performed, revealing no statistical differences among the lists and half-lists. The mean monosyllabic psychometric function slopes at 50% for lists and half-lists were 4.8%/dB.
author Robertson, Maida Christine
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title Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials
title_short Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials
title_full Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials
title_fullStr Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials
title_full_unstemmed Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials
title_sort psychometrically equivalent arabic monosyllabic word recognition materials
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