[The use of Mandarin hearing in noise test in non-Mandarin speakers]

Sha Liu; Demin Han; Na Han; Bo Liu; Xueqing Chen; Liansheng Guo; Hui Liu; Dan Zhang; Ning Zhang

[The use of Mandarin hearing in noise test in non-Mandarin speakers]

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi. 2006 Dec;20(23):1079-81, 1084.

[Article in Chinese]

Authors

Sha Liu¹, Demin Han, Na Han, Bo Liu, Xueqing Chen, Liansheng Guo, Hui Liu, Dan Zhang, Ning Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100005, China. [email protected]

PMID: 17285973

Abstract

Objective: To test non-mandarin native-speaker of normal hearing with MHINT.

Method: Eighty-two non-native Mandarin speakers with normal hearing were included. The test were done under four test conditions by HINT for Windows V6.1. The results were compared between non-mandarin native-speakers' with mandarin native-speakers'. The results were analyzed statistically.

Result: Three hundred and twenty-eight results of the subjects were gained. There was evident significantly difference between mandarin and non-mandarin native speakers (P < 0.01), and between non-mandarin native speakers with high educational level and low educational level ( P < 0.01), but there was no difference when compared with their age, time of use Mandarin in the results (P > 0.05).

Conclusion: Non-mandarin native-speakers' results are lower than mandarin native-speakers'. The primary factor affect MHINT results are native language and educational experiences.

Publication types

English Abstract
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hearing Tests
Humans
Language*
Male
Noise*
Speech Acoustics*