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Learning Objective 3

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Speech Testing • Speech Reception Threshold (SRT)

o Softest FAMILIAR speech that can be correctly repeated • Speech Awareness Threshold (SAT)/ Speech Detection Threshold (SDT) o Softest FAMILIAR speech that can be identified/ detected • Word Recognition (Speech Discrimination) o Not a test of "hearing"- a test of understanding

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SRT

• Used to obtain a threshold for speech • FAMILIAR word list (same 10 words over and over) • Can be compared to PTA • These two values should be within10dB of each other • Level where speech is understood and correctly repeated

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