Design and application of mandarin speech test materials

Abstract

Language is the unique tool for mankind to exchange information, emotion and ideology, the most basic and important form is the spoken language that usually called speech. In daily life, the speech recognition and comprehension ability is the most important indicator to judge the status of the auditory function. Moreover, the human hearing rehabilitation and intervention techniques are both done for improving the patients' speech recognition ability. Speech audiometry is one kind of audiological examination method which use the speech signals as sound stimulation to examine the subjects' speech recognition ability. The result is not only the important basis for clinical diagnosis, but also reflects the degree of hearing disability and social interaction skills. With the development of related equipment and technology, the speech audiometry skill become a new mode that includes both the systematic and practical. The research development and application of the mandarin speech test materials (MSTMs) was summarized. Key words: Audiometry, Speech; Chinese mandarin