Auditec Auditory Test Child Spondees, Spondees, Short Interval

This product consists of a recording of short interval versions of Spondees and Child Spondees. The standard amount of time given for the patient to respond is approximately four seconds. Short-interval versions only give the patient 2.5 seconds for the patient to respond. It is an effective way to speed up administration time, but this version is not recommended for the elderly.

The Spondees is a speech threshold (speech reception threshold-SRT) recording. The Spondees, also known as CID W-1, are two-syllable words with equal stress on each syllable, which are employed to obtain thresholds for speech. There are two randomizations of 36 spondaic words spoken without a carrier phrase for adults. The median speech reception threshold (SRT) for normal listeners is 20 dB SPL (0dBHL). Administration time for Adult Spondees – Short Interval version is approximately four minutes.