The Speech and Noise CDs for Hearing Aid Evaluation
Set of 3 CDs produced in June 2000
This three compact disc series containing samples of speech and noise can be used to evaluate hearing aid fittings. In most cases the stimuli were prepared by NAL during the 1990s for use in various research studies. The main purpose of compiling this series was to gather various test stimuli and make them easily available for future research studies. The material is also likely to be useful for the clinical evaluation of hearing problems and hearing aid fitting.
The material collected on the three CDs include BKB lists, VCV lists, SPIN lists, continuous discourse spoken by a variety of talkers (incl. a child talker) and a great range of background noises. All speech material are recorded using Australian talkers, and in most cases the speech is filtered to match the International Long-term Average Speech Spectrum (Byrne et al. JASA 1994, 96:2108-2120). Further details about the material produced at NAL and its clinical application are likely to become available in a future article. Normative data and other Information about the BKB lists and SPIN lists are found in Bench J. and Bamford JM (Eds) 1979. Speech Hearing Tests and the Spoken Language of Hearing-impaired Children. Academic Press, London and New York, and in Kalikow DN, Stevens KN, and Elliott LL. JASA 1977, 61: 1337-1351, respectively. For further information, contact research@nal.gov.au, or per fax: +61 2 9411 8273.
This CD set is item P4083 on the order form.
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