[The Cantonese dialect and mandarin speech audiometric software for computerized audiometer--a preliminary report of...

The operation of computerized audiometer depends on softwares. Cassette tapes recorded with 4 Cantonese dialect and 6 Mandarin word lists, both monosyllables and spondees edited and recorded by the author in 1986 were utilized as an original sound source. Each Chinese character and its standard voice were re-edited and saved in computer by means of a Mac digitizing recorder and other computer technic to make a new software. The software is saved in seven 3.5" 2MB floppy dicks. Another copy now is saved in the hardware of a Virtual 320 audiometer at ENT department of Guangdong Provincial Traditional Medical Hospital for further quality checkout and clinical trials. It seems that the quality of this software mostly meets the requirements on recorded speech material suggested by ISO/CD 8253-3 1990.