WORD LISTS
WORD LISTS FOR THE KUDUWAVE
For the Kuduwave
GeoAxon offers Kuduwave users a selection of complimentary and premium word list downloads to use in conjunction with their Kuduwave portable audiometer when conducting hearing tests.
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SPEECH RECOGNITION THRESHOLD (SRT) – SA ENGLISH
These word lists were recorded by a professional sound engineer, and edited according to the latest international standards to normalised loudness.
– 36 x Words
– Recorded using a South African female English speaker
– Word list standardised for use in South Africa
SPEECH RECOGNITION THRESHOLD (SRT) – AFRIKAANS
These word lists were recorded by a professional sound engineer, and edited according to the latest international standards to normalised loudness.
– 27 x Words
– Recorded using a South African female Afrikaans speaker
– Word list developed and standardised in South Africa
WORD RECOGNITION – SA ENGLISH
These word lists were recorded by a professional sound engineer, and edited according to the latest international standards to normalised loudness.
– 8 x 25 Words
– Recorded using a South African male English speaker
– Word list standardised for use in South Africa
WORD LIST – AFRIKAANS
These word lists were recorded by a professional sound engineer, and edited according to the latest international standards to normalised loudness.
– 8 x 25 Words
– Recorded using a South African male Afrikaans speaker
– Word list developed and standardised in South Africa
WORD LIST – ISIZULU
These word lists were recorded by a professional sound engineer, and edited according to the latest international standards to normalised loudness.
– 8 x 25 Words
– Recorded using a South African male Zulu speaker
– Word list developed and standardised in South Africa
WORD LIST – SEPEDI
These word lists were recorded by a professional sound engineer, and edited according to the latest international standards to normalised loudness.
– 8 x 25 Words
– Recorded using a South African male Sepedi speaker
– Word list developed and standardised in South Africa
Arthur Boothroyd – South African (Read by Male)
By Dr René Hornby and Rozelle Roets
The Arthur Boothroyd isophonemic word lists are re-recorded with permission from Dr Boothroyd using a South African first language English male speaker.
-20 x 10 isophonemic word lists for word recognition testing.
-Re-recorded (with permission) using a South African English speaker.
-Phonemically scored (30 phonemes per word list)
FVEWA (Foneties Verteenwoordigende Enkellettergrepige Woordlyste in Afrikaans) – South African
By Dr René Hornby and Rozelle Roets
Die Foneties Verteenwoordigende Eenlettergrepige Woordlyste in Afrikaans (FVEWA) is ontwikkel om die leemte vir ware foneties verteenwoordigende en gebalanseerde woordlyste in Afrikaans te vul. Van Heerden (1999) het die klankverspreiding van klanke in Afrikaans bepaal deur die fonetiese transkripsie van gesprekspraak in Afrikaans, en die resultate is gebruik om die FWEVA te ontwikkel.
-6 x 25 woord foneties gebalanseerde woordlyste in Afrikaans.
-Foneties gebalanseerd volgens navorsing oor die voorkomsfrekwensie van klanke in standaard Afrikaans.
-Eerste taal Afrikaans sprekende aanbieder.
NU-6 Ordered By Difficulty Version II – South African (Read by Male)
By Dr René Hornby and Rozelle Roets
This version of the NU-6 allows the audiologist to reduce the testing time in cases where the patient has essentially normal word recognition ability. It is an improvement over previous attempts to shorten the test time because it employs a “series positive test methodology” (Hurley end Sells, 2003). Each of the standard four lists of the NU-6 have been recorded according to item difficulty, descending, made with the help of a sound engineer and edited according to the latest international standards to normalise loudness.
-Four phonemically balanced word lists developed and standardised in America.
-Re-recorded using a South African English speaker.
-Consists of 4 x 50 wordlists.
-10, 25 or 50 words can be presented depending on the patient’s performance.
Auditec NU-6 Ordered By Difficulty Version II (Read by Male)
By Auditec
The NU-6 Ordered by Difficulty Version II allows the audiologist to reduce the time of testing in cases where the patient has essentially normal word recognition ability. The lists are ordered from the most difficult to the easiest. This is a recording of a male talker.
-Consists of 4 lists of 50 words each (Total of 200).
Auditec CID W-1 (spondee) (Read by Male)
By Auditec
The Spondees is a speech threshold recording. CID W-1 are two-syllable words with equal stress on each syllable, which are employed to obtain thresholds for speech.
-There are two randomizations of 36 spondaic words spoken without a carrier phrase for adults (2 x 36 word lists).
Auditec CID W-22 (Read by Male)
By Auditec
CID W-22 is a phonetically balanced test for word recognition. They are made up of consonant-nucleus (CN), nucleus-consonant (NC) and consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) words.
-The talker has a General American dialect.
-Consists of 4 lists of 50 words each (Total of 200).
QuickSIN (Speech-In-Noise)
By Etymotic
A speech-in-noise test used to quickly measure the ability to hear in noise. This test is intended for use on all adult patients. Professionally recorded using an American English female speaker.
-Sentences recorded in four-talker babble.
-12 X 6 Sentences
-One sentence at each signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, and 0 dB
English (Word Recognition)
By Maryland
English (Speech Reception Thresholds)
By Maryland