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Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials, Maida Christine Robertson
Psychometrically Equivalent Arabic Monosyllabic Word Recognition Materials, Maida Christine Robertson
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The purpose of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and psychometrically equate a set of Arabic monosyllabic word lists to use in the measurement of the word recognition score. Familiar Arabic monosyllabic words were digitally recorded by a native male talker from Jordan who was judged to have a standard Arabic dialect. Twenty native Arabic participants with normal hearing were used as subjects to determine the percentage of correct word recognition for each word at 10 intensity levels ranging from -5 to 40 dB HL in 5 dB increments. The monosyllabic word data were analyzed using logistic regression. …