DESIGNING THE SLOVAK MATRIX SENTENCE TEST

Renáta  Panocová; Renáta  Gregová

doi:10.34301/alsc.v2i2.23

Authors

Renáta Panocová Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Renáta Gregová Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34301/alsc.v2i2.23

Keywords:

Slovak matrix test, audiometry, speech perception, speech reception threshold

Abstract

This paper presents partial results of a larger-scale project of designing the matrix sentence test for Slovak. The main aim is presentation and detailed discussion of linguistic aspects of Slovak matrix sentence test. First, morphosyntactic criteria are outlined. These are followed by description of problematic issues and the solutions proposed. Second, phonological criteria are given and discussed. In the next step, the matrix test will be optimized and evaluated in order to measure speech intelligibility function and to establish the correct reference data for listeners with normal hearing.

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