Standardization of Spondee words in Hindi to be used in the Staggered Spondiac Words Test.

Abstract

The Science of hearing is highly indebted to speech audiometry for its assistance in identification, diagnosis and specification of site of lesion in hearing
impairment. Different types of speech materials have been developed in recent times and speech tests have gained very important place in audiological
evaluation. The available speech materials test in English and other languages are not suitable for a large population that communicates through the language Hindi. Only a very small portion of the population follow English and other languages in which the tests for Central Auditory Dysfunctions (CAD) are available.