Updating sentences lists for assessment speech perception.
Maria Madalena Canina Pinheiro, Michele Gindri Vieira, Lara Malafaia Vieira and 4 others
PMID 35019063WHAT IT FOUND
Reviewers identified predictability as the main reason to modify Brazilian Portuguese sentences for speech tests.
The updated lists were tested on three normal-hearing adults, who scored nearly perfect. This is a tool development study, not evidence of clinical effectiveness.
Key findings
01Predictability was the criterion most frequently cited by reviewers as requiring sentence modification.
02A total of 99 sentences from the original list were modified to prepare the new speech recognition lists.
03In the pilot study with three normal-hearing individuals, the average sentence recognition index was 99.16%.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for SLPs
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What it does not show
The pilot study included only three normal-hearing participants, so the test's performance in individuals with hearing loss or other communication disorders is unknown. The study reports on the development and adaptation of the test material, not on its diagnostic accuracy or clinical validity. The final recorded version of the sentences was not used in the pilot; the sentences were presented live by the evaluator.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this test is validated for clinical use in patients with hearing loss. The pilot data comes from only three normal-hearing adults, and the paper explicitly states that the next stage involves recording the sentences and testing them on individuals with hearing loss.