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CUNY Nonsense Syllable Test
Download: CUNY-NST,
The CUNY Nonsense Syllable Test (Resnick, Dubno, Hoffnung, and Levitt,
1975) is a closed set test consisting of VC and CV syllables in
three vowel environments. There are 11 sets, seven "core"
sets and four optional sets.
The 11 sets are as follows:
| SET 1 |
SET 2 |
SET 3 |
SET 4 |
SET 5 |
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| ak |
uØ |
ip |
az |
ta |
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| at |
up |
ik |
ag |
fa |
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| ap |
us |
if |
ang |
ka |
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| aØ |
uk |
iØ |
a |
sa |
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| af |
ut |
it |
am |
tòa |
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| as |
uf |
iò |
ad |
qa |
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| aò |
uò |
is |
ab |
pa |
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av |
ha |
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òa |
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| SET 6 |
SET 7 |
1 OPT |
2 OPT |
3 OPT |
4 OPT |
| da |
ga |
òu |
hi |
lv |
uv |
| d3a |
a |
tòu |
tòi |
ig |
uz |
| ga |
va |
qu |
ki |
i |
um |
| wa |
da |
su |
òi |
im |
ub |
| ba |
ma |
fu |
pi |
id |
ug |
| ra |
ba |
tu |
ti |
iz |
ud |
| ja |
za |
hu |
fi |
ib |
u |
| la |
na |
ku |
qi |
in |
un |
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For an explanation of test administration and a sample answer sheet,
see Dubno and Dirks, 1982.
About the recordings
Each syllable was recorded embedded in a carrier phrase "You
will mark ____, please". In each set one syllable is repeated (a
different syllable in each protocol). When scoring, the two identical
syllables each receive one-half point. There are six test protocols,
i.e., six different recordings of the entire test. The files stored
here were digitized from the original reel-to-reel recordings (sub-masters).
In the original recordings the order of the sets was randomized,
as was the order of the syllables in each set. You will find a calibration
signal for each protocol. The calibration signal is equal to the
average level of the word "mark" in the carrier phrase.
Note: The competing noise used in collecting normative data was
an equalized cafeteria noise.
File naming convention format:
ppsc..cx.WAV
pp is the two character protocol code
s is the one character set number
c..c is the one to four letter graphical representation of the sound
x is 1 or 2 (or omitted for syllables not duplicated)
References
Dubno, J.R. and Dirks, D.D. Evaluation of hearing-impaired
listeners using a nonsense-syllable test I. Test reliability.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1982, 25, 135-141.
Dubno, J.R.,Dirks, D.D., and Langhofer, L. Evaluation of
hearing-impaired listeners using a nonsense-syllable test II.
Syllable recognition and consonant confusion patterns, Journal of
Speech and Hearing Research, 1982, 25, 141-148.
Levitt, H. and Resnick, S.B. Speech reception by the hearing
impaired: Methods of testing and development of new tests.
Scandinavian Audiology Supplementum No. 6, C. Ludvigsen and J.
Barfod (*Eds.), Spring , 1978.
Resnick, S.B., Dubno, J.R., Hoffnung, S., and Levitt, H. Phoneme
errors on a nonsense syllable test. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 1975, 58 (Suppl. 1), 114
Cafeteria Noise and Caltone
Download: Cafeteria Noise and Caltone
AB Word List
Download: ABLIST
Lab and Field evaluation files:
Dinner Table
Food Preparation_Kitchen
In the car
Noisy Apartment
Noisy Restaurant
On the bus
Outdoor
All eight files in this folder were recognized as
'outdoors' by 100% of the participants.
Quiet Apartment
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