Development of Speech-Audiometric Materials for Native Spanish-Speaking Adults

The role of word familiarity in Spanish/English bilingual word recognition

“…The listeners were all college students in the United States at the time of the experiment. Also, not all Spanish bisyllabic word tests seemed to have similar PI functions; notably, the Berruecos and Rodr í guez (1967) test was considerably more diffi cult than the Zubick et al (1983) and the Auditec tests. PI functions of the word lists, obtained in quiet, indicated that all but one list were equivalent.…”

“…Similarly, Zubick et al (1983) developed the Boston College Auditory Test with an increased number of test words. and frequency distribution of 22 Mexican Spanish phonemes in 20 000 words.…”

“…Weisleder and Hodgson (1989) assessed a group of 16 S/E bilingual listeners using the 200 test words. Flores and Aoyama (2008) compared the PI function for one selected list from each of the above-mentioned three bisyllabic word recognition tests (Berruecos & Rodr í guez, 1967, Zubick et al, 1983Weisleder & Hidgson, 1989), re-recorded in the voice of a male speaker. They all had normal hearing, but varied in their nations of origin.…”

“…For English, monosyllabic words from the NU-6 test (Tillman & Carhart, 1966) were used. There are only a very small number of monosyllabic words in the Spanish language (Juilland & Chang-Rodr í guez, 1964); consequently, traditional Spanish word recognition tests only include bisyllabic words (Berruecos & Rodr í guez, 1967;Pollack, 1971;Zubick et al, 1983;Weisleder & Hodgson, 1989). There are only a very small number of monosyllabic words in the Spanish language (Juilland & Chang-Rodr í guez, 1964); consequently, traditional Spanish word recognition tests only include bisyllabic words (Berruecos & Rodr í guez, 1967;Pollack, 1971;Zubick et al, 1983;Weisleder & Hodgson, 1989).…”

Evaluation of Four Spanish Word-Recognition-Ability Lists

“…The literature reports on six attempts: Benitez and Speaks (1968); Berruecos and Rodriguez (1 967); Cancel (1 965); Connery (1977);Tosi (1966);and Zubick, Irizarry, Rosen, Feudo, Kelly, and Strome (1983).…”