A test to determine the lowest sound intensity level at which fifty percent or more of the spondaic test words (words of two syllables having equal stress) are repeated correctly.
Entry Version
SRT TEST
Entry Term(s)
Test, Speech Reception Threshold
NLM Classification #
WV 272
Previous Indexing
Audiometry (1966-1978)
Auditory Threshold (1968-1978)
Hearing (1966-1967)
Speech (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS 1979-90
History Note
91(79); was see under SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS 1979-90
A test to determine the lowest sound intensity level at which fifty percent or more of the spondaic test words (words of two syllables having equal stress) are repeated correctly.