Application of Monosyllable List of Mandarin Speech Test in Population Speaking Shanxi Dialect

ZHOU Kai; ZHANG Yanxia; ZHANG Qinna

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1672-2922.2014.01.028

Abstract：Objective To analyze the difference between populations speaking Shanxi dialect and a mandarin speaking group in performance when tested by mandarin speech test materials,as well as the validity of this monosyllable list set when applied to populations speaking Shanxi dialect. Methods“Otologically normal”native dialect speaking subjects from 5 dialect zones in Shanxi province (12 from each zone) were selected. The 22 lists in the set were tested in each participant in the same order at 10 dB HL (Spe ch), and the rate of word recognition recorded. The test was repeated in each participant within 10-20 days. Results T-test showed that word recognition scores among the dialect groups and mandarin group were statistically significant (P<0.01). Paired t-test showed that the test-retest differences were statistically significant among all dialect areas, except of the Bingzhou dialect area. The initial test score was 65.0%± 14.6%, and the retest scores was 67.2%± 12.1%for the dialect groups, showing an overall critical difference of 15.9% and various critical differences of 12.9%-17.8% across the dialect groups. Conclusions Mandarin crowd test results of this set of monosyllabic lists cannot be directly applied to populations speaking Shanxi dialects. Only when dialect speaking population test-retest results difference exceeds the critical difference, can audiology intervention be considered effective. The learning effect can also influence the result of speech audiometry.