The effect of non-native and non-regional speech testing on a multi-lingual population.
This study was conducted to evaluate the speech perception of Malaysian Chinese adults using the Taiwanese Mandarin HINT (MHINT-T) and the Malay HINT (MyHINT).



The MHINT-T and the MyHINT were presented in quiet and noise (front, right and left) conditions under headphones. Results for the two tests were compared with each other and with the norms for each test.



Malaysian Chinese native speakers of Mandarin (N = 58), 18-31 years of age with normal hearing.



On average, subjects demonstrated poorer speech perception ability than the normative samples for these tests. Repeated measures ANOVA showed that speech reception thresholds (SRTs) were slightly poorer on the MHINT-T than on the MyHINT for all test conditions. However, normalized SRTs were poorer by 0.6 standard deviations for MyHINT as compared with MHINT-T.



MyHINT and MHINT-T can be used as norm-referenced speech perception measures for Mandarin-speaking Chinese in Malaysia.
a School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia and.
Tian Kar
TK
Quar
b House Clinic , Los Angeles , California , USA.
Sigfrid D
SD
Soli
a School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia and.
Yin Fang
YF
Chan
a School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia and.
Wan Syafira
WS
Ishak
a School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia and.
Nor Haniza
NH
Abdul Wahat
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001302:Audiometry, Speech / Q000379:methods*; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception; D055815:Young Adult
Malay hearing in noise test (MyHINT); Taiwanese Mandarin hearing in noise test (MHINT-T); non-native language; normative data; regional accent; speech perception