Table 3.
Correlations of talker-variability and speaking-rate word-recognition performance with scores on the speech perception self-assessment questionnaire.
| Talker-variability test |
Speaking-rate test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-talker |
Multiple-talker |
Single rate |
Mixed rate |
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| Easy | Hard | Easy | Hard | Med | Slow | Med | Fast | |
| Total Score | .01 | .37 | .58*** | .49** | .27 | .44* | .42* | .49** |
| Subscales | ||||||||
| Familiar Talkers (FT) | –.06 | .22 | .44* | .28 | .07 | .33 | .34 | .43* |
| Reduced Cues (RC) | –.04 | .34 | .56*** | .37 | .21 | .43* | .40* | .40* |
| Background Noise (BN) | –.11 | .28 | .48* | .51** | .15 | .28 | .27 | .22 |
| Distortion of Sound (DS) | .21 | .56*** | .65*** | .57*** | .55*** | .59**** | .60**** | .65**** |
| Gender (G) | .16 | –.06 | .12 | .18 | .12 | .06 | .00 | .16 |
| Speaking Rate (SR) | .20 | .19 | .36 | .28 | -.01 | .21 | .19 | .30 |
Significance Levels:
*
p < .05
**
p < .025
***
p < .01
****
p < .005