Original Research
Use of the CID W22 as a South African English speech discrimination test
South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 47, No 1 | a222 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v47i1.222
| © 2019 Wayne J. Wilson, Selvarani Moodley
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 October 2016 | Published: 31 December 2000
Submitted: 11 October 2016 | Published: 31 December 2000
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Wayne J. Wilson, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaSelvarani Moodley, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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South Africa currently lacks a pre-recorded South African English (SAE) specific speech discrimination test. In the absence of such a test, the SAE speaker recording (Tygerberg recording) of the American (USA) English (AE) CID W22 wordlists - in combination with the original American CID W22 normative data - is the most widely used alternative. The reliability and validity of this method, however, has never been formally assessed. This study assessed the performance of 15 normal hearing, female, first language SAE speakers on the first two full-lists of Tygerberg CID W22 recording at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 dBSPL, and compared their scores to the American CID W22 wordlist normative data. Overall, the South African subjects performed worse than the original American normative data at the lower presentation intensities( 40 dBSPL), however, was considered a viable option. These results reiterate the need for large scale, South African specific normative studies for the CID W22 wordlists if they are to continue their role as the dominant speech discrimination wordlists in South Africa.
Keywords
special discrimination; CID W22 wordlists; American (USA) English; South African English
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