title: Material for Cantonese speech audiometry constructed by appropriate phonetic principles.
abstract: Cantonese is the common Chinese dialect spoken by the citizens in Hong Kong. It is difficult to construct a material for speech audiometry in the Chinese language in view of 3 facts: (1) all words are monosyllabic, (2) the language is tonal and (3) there are many homophones. Since well-documented Cantonese speech audiometry is not available, an attempt is made in this pilot study to construct short word lists which are equal in phonemic distribution.
authors.affiliation: Arran Street Hearing Aid Clinic, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: So
mesh_terms: D001302:Audiometry, Speech / Q000379:methods*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D010700:Phonetics; D012107:Research Design