Abstract
ABSTRACT Purposes: to design a sentence identification test with pictures for adults (Teste de Identificação de Sentenças com Figuras (TIS-F)) as an alternative for evaluation of auditory figure-background ability for verbal sounds, based on the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test and also for assessment of unskillful individuals who cannot accomplish other tests with higher levels of difficulty and greater demands. Methods: the Adobe Illustrator software was used and the image vectorization technique applied for figures creation. The sentences and the competitive message were audio-recorded in a sound treated room by a female announcer, using the software - REAPER - FM Digital Audio Workstation. Results: the TIS-F consisted of a 32 x 45 cm card, containing 10 figures, each one measuring 12 x 12 cm; one compact disc containing a track with the test calibration tone and seven test tracks, each one containing ten sentences and a competitive message and a specific protocol. Conclusion: the TIS-F is composed of a compact disc with dual-channel recording, with seven tracks containing ten sentences and the competitive story, one card containing ten pictures and a labeling protocol for all presentations and S/N in use, as well as the established normality values.
Highlights
Tests for evaluation of auditory perception differ by type of stimulus and type presentation in the ears
This study focuses on the need to prepare new instruments, using pictures to enable the assessment of adults with impaired oral and/or reading skills, since the use of pictorial stimuli increases the redundancy of the test
To prepare the images of the Sentence Identification Test with pictures (TIS-F), the pictures of the Pediatric Speech Intelligibility Test were used as a model 2
Summary
Tests for evaluation of auditory perception differ by type of stimulus (verbal and nonverbal) and type presentation in the ears (binaural or monaural). They are classified according to how the signals are presented, the characteristics of the requested hearing tasks and the method or approach in use. One of the subdivisions in groups or categories for the tests is Monaural Low-Redundancy Speech Tests; Dichotic Tests; Temporal Resolution Test; Temporal Ordering and Temporal Sequence tests; Binaural Interaction or Integration Test[1]. According to the classification of these authors, the last two tests are considered to be dichotic tests, because they have a step at which the stimuli are presented to both ears simultaneously
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