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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
This paper reports the results of a componential analysis of items comprising the Speech Sound Pattern Discrimination Test (SSPDT). The SSPDT, developed by Bochner et al. (1986), uses a closed-set sentence discrimination task to assess the auditory speech processing skill of severely and profoundly hearing-impaired individuals. A set of components reflecting differences in the phonetic and task-related characteristics of the test stimuli was developed, and the contributions of the components to discrimination task difficulty were evaluated using linear regression methodology. Discrimination task difficulty indices were transformations of percent-correct scores, resulting from fit of the SSPDT data to the Rasch measurement model. Three of the hypothesized components (one spectral, one temporal, and one task-related) entered a stepwise regression solution. These components have an intrinsic role in the construct validity of the instrument. The structure of the discrimination task, however, is more complex than might be suspected, because 'same' or matching test stimuli showed advantages in ease of discriminability compared with their 'different' or non-matching counterparts. The study findings will facilitate development of an enlarged item bank, and aid in the interpretation of test scores.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0105-0397
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Simple discrimination isn't really simple. A confirmatory analysis of the Speech Sound Pattern Discrimination Test.
pubmed:affiliation
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article