Assessing the Homogeneity of Audibility of Pediatric Word and Sentence Corpus in Tamil.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the homogeneity of the audibility of word and sentence corpora for use in the development of speech audiometry test tools in Tamil. Materials and.

Methods

A Tamil corpus (675 words and 195 sentences) was compiled from books, magazines, and novels of children aged five to ten years. A female speaker was chosen to record the corpus based on expert ratings. All recorded contents were root mean square-normalized using Adobe Audition 3.0. The recorded material was randomly placed into 27-word lists (25 words/list) and 20-sentence lists for psychometric assessment. Speech perception testing was done at five intensities (0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 dB SL; referenced to pure-tone average) in 20 adults with normal hearing.

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SUBMITTER: Ravirose U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12862177 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature