Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2007 Jul;50(7):573-578.

Compromises between the Frequencies of the Colloquial Phonemes and Those of a New Monosyllabic Words List in Korean

• Byun SW
• Oh SH
• Chae SW
• Park SN
• Shim YJ
• Cho KK

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Several investigators have developed word lists for Korean speech audiometry. Many variations of the lists were identified in previous survey. A committee was organized to develop standard word lists for Korean speech audiometry. In this study, we propose new monosyllabic and bisyllabic word lists, whose performances can be compared with those of previous word lists, verified in clinical situations, and revised in future with proper reasons. We also report why some compromises have been made in the words number and the phoneme frequencies of the new monosyllabic word lists. There was no compromise in those of the new bisyllabic word list. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The target frequencies of new lists were determined by the previous references. In the Korean dictionary, 410 familiar monosyllabic words were available for the lists. These words were arranged in a matrix of initial consonants and vowels to meet the phonetic balance condition.
RESULTS
Two monosyllabic word lists were developed with abovementioned compromises for the lack of monosyllabic words with final consonants. One bisyllabic word list could be made without compromise.
CONCLUSION
The arrangement method in this report has some advantages in diversifying syllable distribution and satisfying the phonetic balance condition. The new monosyllabic and bisyllabic word lists have been designated with identification codes 'KsoM-07' and 'KsoB-07', respectively.

Keyword

Speech audiometry; Monosyllabic word list; Bisyllabic word list; Phonemes

MeSH Terms

Audiometry, Speech
Humans
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