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Vol 7 No 1 (1976)
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Development and standardization of a common speech discrimination test for Indians

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Mayadevi. (1). Development and standardization of a common speech discrimination test for Indians. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 7(1), 46-52. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/478

Abstract

Speech audiometry has been an important tool in the diagnostic test battery, as it provides a measure of the listener's response to speech. Discrimination testing clinically aids in the differential diagnosis of conductive, cochlear and retrocochlear pathologies.

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