| A | B |
|---|
| speech detection threshold | theshold for detection of speech |
| speech recognition threshold | threshold for recognition of speech stimuli |
| spondee threshold | threshold for spondees |
| range of comfortable loudness | difference between the SRT and UCL |
| dynamic range | synonymous with range of comfortable loudness |
| word recognition scores | speech recognition ability with PB words |
| California Consonant Test | rhyme closed set test |
| carrier phrase | "Say the word _____." |
| PB max | highest word recognition score on PB function |
| synthetic sentence identification | grammatically correct, but meaningless sentences |
| Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification | closed set test using pictures designed for children |
| Picture Identification Task | closed set rhyming CNC word recognition test using picuttes for adults |
| Every Day Sentences | CID commonly used sentences |
| W-22 | CID monosyllabic word list |
| W-1 | CID spondee word list |
| NU-6 | open set CNC word list |
| Speech Perception in Noise test | recorded sentence test with voice babble measuring contextual cues |
| Connected Speech Test | recorded sentence test with six speaker babble |
| cold running speech | monotonous rapidly delivered speech |
| CNC | monosyllabic words with three phonemes |
| monitored live voice | speech delivered via microphone |
| trochees | two syllable words with unequal emphasis on first syllable |
| PB Max | lowest score above the intensity for the PB Max |
| phonetically balanced | same distribution of phonemes represented in connected discourse |
| Isophonemic Words | CNC words scored phomemically from list of 10 words |
| Gardner List | high frequency word list sensitive to sensorineural loss |
| Nonsense Syllable Test | meaningless syllables |
