title: [The use of Mandarin hearing in noise test in non-Mandarin speakers].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China. liusha_ls@sohu.com
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Demin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xueqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Liansheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise; D013061:Speech Acoustics