[The use of Mandarin hearing in noise test in non-Mandarin speakers].
OBJECTIVE
To test non-mandarin native-speaker of normal hearing with MHINT.


METHODS
Eighty-two non-native Mandarin speakers with normal hearing were included. The test were done under four test conditions by HINT for Windows V6.1. The results were compared between non-mandarin native-speakers' with mandarin native-speakers'. The results were analyzed statistically.


RESULTS
Three hundred and twenty-eight results of the subjects were gained. There was evident significantly difference between mandarin and non-mandarin native speakers (P < 0.01), and between non-mandarin native speakers with high educational level and low educational level ( P < 0.01), but there was no difference when compared with their age, time of use Mandarin in the results (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Non-mandarin native-speakers' results are lower than mandarin native-speakers'. The primary factor affect MHINT results are native language and educational experiences.
Liu
Sha
S
Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China. liusha_ls@sohu.com
Han
Demin
D
Han
Na
N
Liu
Bo
B
Chen
Xueqing
X
Guo
Liansheng
L
Liu
Hui
H
Zhang
Dan
D
Zhang
Ning
N
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise; D013061:Speech Acoustics