Development and evaluation of Tamil Matrix Sentence Test Performance in young adults.
Ramya Vaidyanath, Neethi Jesudass, Thaaranya Krishnamoorthy Achari
PMID 37729325WHAT IT FOUND
Young adults with normal hearing scored close to the maximum of 50 words in quiet on the Tamil sentence test at 40 dB SL.
Six lists differed from the rest, so avoid them. Scores rose to 40 dB HL, then plateaued.
Key findings
01The Tamil Matrix Sentence Test was made from a 50-word matrix into 300 sentences and divided into 30 lists of 10 sentences.
02In 60 young adults with normal hearing, mean scores across the 30 lists were similar, but lists 8, 10, 14, 24, 25, and 29 differed significantly from most other lists.
03Recognition of sentences improved as intensity rose from 20 dB HL to 40 dB HL, and did not improve significantly beyond 40 dB HL.
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What it does not show
The test was checked only in 60 young adults with normal hearing, so it does not show how people with hearing impairment would perform. Six lists differed significantly from most other lists, so the lists are not all interchangeable despite similar mean scores. The test was used in quiet, not in noise, so it does not show how it performs in noise. The authors say children and older adults still need testing, and use in hearing impairment and noise still needs evaluation. The words were chosen from vocabulary familiar to children in grade I and II, but no child data are reported.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this is ready for people with hearing impairment, children, older adults, or noise. The test was evaluated only in 60 young adults with normal hearing, and six lists differed from most others.