Measurement of Speech Reception Threshold: A Comparison between Two Methods

In an earlier work (Hagerman, 1979) several speech reception threshold (SRT) methods were simulated in a computer. New methods were found to be more effective than the common 10-word method. In a clinical investigation the new 2 X 4-word method was compared with the common method. The result showed that the new method required fewer words than the common method. New simulations also showed that the 2 X 4-word method was somewhat more reliable than the 10-word method.