A comparison of two tests of speech-sound discrimination

This study was conducted for the purpose of comparing two tests of speech-sound discrimination which are commonly used by speech-language clinicians, the Wepman and Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock. In particular, it was the purpose of the study to ascertain whether the tests were significantly comparable measures of speech-sound discrimination. Both tests were administered to a group of 22 5-yr-old subjects who did not present speech, language, auditory, neurological, learning, or behavioral disorders or obvious dialectal variations. An analysis of the results indicated that the Wepman and Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock tests were not comparable measures of speech-sound discrimination and that the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock was a harsher measure of that skill. Implications of these results are discussed.