title: The development of a picture speech reception threshold test in Spanish for use with urban U.S. residents of Hispanic background.
abstract: The need for an development of a test for measurement of Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) in Spanish are described. The test consists of 51 familiar bisyllabic words, some of which are cognates of English. The aim is development of a test, the vocabulary and procedure of which could be used with patients of diverse Hispanic backgrounds, and for which the administering audiologist need not be able to speak or understand Spanish.
mesh_terms: D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test; D006801:Humans