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1Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China. liusha_ls@sohu.com
Objective:
To test non-mandarin native-speaker of normal hearing with MHINT.
Method:
Eighty-two non-native Mandarin speakers with normal hearing were included. The test were done under four test conditions by HINT for Windows V6.1. The results were compared between non-mandarin native-speakers' with mandarin native-speakers'. The results were analyzed statistically.
Result:
Three hundred and twenty-eight results of the subjects were gained. There was evident significantly difference between mandarin and non-mandarin native speakers (P < 0.01), and between non-mandarin native speakers with high educational level and low educational level ( P < 0.01), but there was no difference when compared with their age, time of use Mandarin in the results (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
Non-mandarin native-speakers' results are lower than mandarin native-speakers'. The primary factor affect MHINT results are native language and educational experiences.
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