Auditec Auditory Test Child Spondees, PBK-50A, Short Interval

This product consists of a recording of Child Spondees with a recording of PBK.  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.

• Child Spondees is considered a speech threshold (or speech reception threshold-SRT) test. It is a list of spondaic words that was selected to be familiar to children. Auditec recorded 51 words in one randomization. The medium SRT is 20 dB SPL. Administration time for the Child Spondees – Short Interval version is approximately three minutes.
• The PBK-50, also known as PBK, tests word recognition ability of lower grade school age children. The articulation function is approximately 4%/dB. There are three lists of 50 words (150 words total) available in four different randomizations. Administration time for PBK – Short Interval is 7-11 minutes.