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Development and evaluation of the Cantonese matrix sentence test
Hongmei Hu1, Sabine Hochmuth2, Chi Kwong Man3
1Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics, Medizinische Physik and Cluster of Excellence "Hearing4all", Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
International Journal of Audiology
|November 28, 2022
Summary
The Cantonese matrix (YUEmatrix) test was developed for tonal languages, showing reliable speech recognition results comparable to other matrix tests. However, sentence homogenization may be less effective in tonal languages.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Speech Science
- Linguistics
Background:
- Matrix tests are standard for speech audiometry.
- Tonal languages present unique challenges for speech intelligibility testing.
- Developing language-specific tests is crucial for accurate hearing assessments.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop the Cantonese matrix (YUEmatrix) test following international standards.
- To evaluate the YUEmatrix test's performance and reliability in Cantonese speakers.
- To explore its applicability to other tonal languages.
Main Methods:
- Established a 50-word Cantonese base-matrix.
- Obtained speech recognition functions, thresholds (SRT), and slopes.
- Homogenized speech material intelligibility using level corrections.
- Evaluated training effect, list equivalence, test-retest reliability, and reference data.
- Compared results with the Cantonese-Hearing-In-Noise-Test.
Main Results:
- Reference SRTs established: -9.7 ± 0.7 dB SNR (open-set) and -11.1 ± 1.2 dB SNR (closed-set).
- Speech intelligibility function slope determined as 15.5 ± 0.7%/dB.
- Seventeen 10-sentence test lists demonstrated equivalence.
- No significant training effect observed after repeated measurements.
Conclusions:
- The YUEmatrix test provides reliable speech recognition data for Cantonese.
- Results are comparable to matrix tests in other languages, including Mandarin.
- Sentence intelligibility adjustments may be less effective for tonal languages.
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