title: Development of suprathreshold word recognition test for Russian-speaking patients.
abstract: This paper describes the development and normalization of a computerized word recognition test for speakers of the Russian language: the Russian Picture Identification Task (RPIT). The test uses a picture-pointing response, in which a patient selects, on a computer screen, a picture corresponding to a target word from a foil of four rhyming alternatives. The auditory portion of the test is recorded digitally and is recalled from a clinician's computer by clicking a mouse on the English translation of the target word. Thus, an English-speaking clinician can assess reliably word recognition abilities of Russian-speaking patients-a task that has become important in view of the recent surge of immigration from the former Soviet Union. Normative performance of normal-hearing native speakers of Russian was obtained in oral response conditions and picture-pointing conditions intended for clinical use. Psychometric functions provide norms for clinical decision making. Error patterns, individual confusions, and cognitive aspects of the experiment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California-Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Aleksandrovsky
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003201:Computers; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*