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Introduction
The Tonal and Speech Materials for Auditory Perceptual Assessment, Disc 2.0 compact audio disc, which is substantially a re-issue of Disc 1.0 of the same name issued in 1992, was produced to provide a collection of high-quality auditory materials for use in assessing auditory perceptual (central) abilities. The tonal and speech materials contained on the disc were selected based on the availability of the materials either through the public domain or through the generosity of the individuals responsible for the materials, including G. Donald Causey, Ph.D. (Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6), Bob Brose (Technisonic Studios, Inc., St. Louis, Charles E. Harrison, producer of the CID W-1 lists), Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory of the South, New Orleans (dichotic CVs), and James Jerger, Ph.D. (Dichotic Sentence Identification).
The materials on Disc 2.0 of the Tonal and Speech Materials for Auditory Perceptual Assessment compact disc differ from the materials on its predecessor (Disc 1.0) in several ways. The following two tracks that were on Disc 1.0 were eliminated on Disc 2.0: (1) dichotic chords with simultaneous onsets, and (2) dichotic chords with a 90 ms lag in the left channel. The number of frequency and duration tone pattern stimuli were reduced from 60 (Disc 1.0) to 30 (Disc 2.0). Disc 2.0 contains the following six tracks that were not available on Disc 1.0: (1) two Tracks of 25, 2-pair dichotic digits, (2) two Tracks of 25, 3-pair dichotic digits, and (3) two Tracks of 54, randomized 1-, 2-, and 3-pair of dichotic digits (Strouse & Wilson, 1999a,b). The remaining materials on Disc 1.0 were copied digitally onto Disc 2.0.
This compact disc project was sponsored by the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, VA Headquarters. The Auditory Research Laboratory facilities at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee, used to produce the compact disc were provided both by the Medical Research Service and by Rehabilitation, Research and Development Service, VA Headquarters. The following individuals made contributions to the production of Disc 1.0, most of which are continued on Disc 2.0: Steven P. Bornstein, Ph.D., Nancy K. Cambron, M.S., Charles Martinez, M.A., Frank E. Musiek, Ph.D., Doug Noffsinger, Ph.D., and John P. Preece, Ph.D.
Contents
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Track |
Left Channel |
Right Channel |
Time |
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1 |
1000-Hz Calibration Tone |
1000-Hz Calibration Tone |
0:17 |
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2 |
25, 1-pair Dichotic Digits, List 1 |
25, 1-pair Dichotic Digits, List 1 |
1:26 |
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3 |
25, 2-pair Dichotic Digits, List 1 |
25, 2-pair Dichotic Digits, List 1 |
2:08 |
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4 |
25, 2-pair Dichotic Digits, List 2 |
25, 2-pair Dichotic Digits, List 2 |
2:07 |
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5 |
25, 3-pair Dichotic Digits, List 1 |
25, 3-pair Dichotic Digits, List 1 |
3:13 |
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6 |
25, 3-pair Dichotic Digits, List 2 |
25, 3-pair Dichotic Digits, List 2 |
3:13 |
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7 |
54, 1-, 2-, & 3-pair Dichotic Digits |
54, 1-, 2-, & 3-pair Dichotic Digits |
6:35 |
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8 |
54, 1-, 2-, & 3-pair Dichotic Digits |
54, 1-, 2-, & 3-pair Dichotic Digits |
6:35 |
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9 |
30, Dichotic CVs, simultaneous onset 1 |
30, Dichotic CVs, simultaneous onset |
2:35 |
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10 |
30, Dichotic CVs, 90 ms lag |
30, Dichotic CVs, 90 ms lead |
2:36 |
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11 |
30, Dichotic Synthetic Sentences 2 |
30, Dichotic Synthetic Sentences |
4:31 |
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12 |
Consonant segments of 50 NU No. 6 words |
Vowel segments of 50 NU No. 6 words |
3:55 |
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13 |
Consonant segments of 50 NU No. 6 words |
Vowel segments of 50 NU No. 6 words |
3:56 |
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14 |
List 3, NU No. 6 words high-pass filter 3 |
List 3, NU No. 6 low-pass filter |
4:01 |
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15 |
List 4, NU No. 6 words high-pass filter |
List 4, NU No. 6 low-pass filter |
4:05 |
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16 |
30 frequency patterns 880 Hz & 1122 Hz |
30 duration patterns, 250 ms & 500 ms |
3:18 |
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17 |
NU No. 6, 45% comp + 0.3-s reverb (List 5) 3 |
NU No. 6, 45% compressed |
3:30 |
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18 |
NU No. 6, 45% comp + 0.3 s reverb (List 6) |
NU No. 6, 45% compressed |
3:30 |
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19 |
NU No. 6, 65% comp + 0.3-s reverb (List 7) 3 |
NU No. 6, 65% compressed |
3:22 |
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20 |
NU No. 6, 65% comp + 0.3-s reverb (List 8) |
NU No. 6, 65% compressed |
3:20 |
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21 |
Spondaic Words Sp No MLD 4 |
Spondaic Words Sp No MLD |
5:18 |
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22 |
100-Hz, Pulsed Phase Cal. Tone |
100-Hz, Pulsed Phase Cal. Tone |
0:19 |
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73:52 |
1 Dichotic Nonsense Syllables (CVs) provided by Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory of the South, New Orleans , Louisiana .
2 The Dichotic Synthetic Sentence Identification materials reproduced compliments of James Jerger, Ph.D., University of Texas , Dallas .
3 The NU No. 6 recordings used for the degraded speech tasks were with the compliments of G. Donald Causey, Ph.D., Consultant in Audiology, VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
4 The CID W-1 spondaic words used in the MLD paradigm were reproduced from the original recordings produced by Charles E. Harrison at Technisonic Studios, Inc., St. Louis , Missouri .
Description of Materials
The text that follows describes briefly the materials that are contained on each track of the compact disc. A detailed script of each track and references are provided. The inter-stimulus intervals (ISI) with the various materials are the times between successive stimulus onsets. Normative data for the majority of the materials on the disc are provided in a series of papers in the July, 1994, issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology and in a paper by Humes, Coughlin, and Talley (1996).
Track 1. Both channels contain a 300-ms, 1000-Hz
tone burst, followed by a 1-s silent interval and a 15-s, 1000-Hz
calibration tone that reflects the peaks of the speech materials as
monitored on a calibrated vu meter (Green, Williams, & Kryter,
1959; Lilly, 1967). The tone burst can be used to check the
ballistic characteristics of a vu meter. The needle on a calibrated
vu meter will swing from -20 vu to 0 vu with minimal overshoot when
a 300-ms tone burst is placed across the meter. It should be noted
that many meters used on audiometers are not "true" vu meters
and/or are not properly calibrated (ANSI, 1954). The 1000-Hz
calibration tone, therefore, may not reflect accurately the peaks
of the speech materials on non-vu meters and on non-calibrated vu
meters. For a variety of reasons, the materials on several tracks
do not peak at 0 vu. These exceptions are noted in the text that
follows.
Track 2. This 86-s stereo track contains 25,
1-pair dichotic digits (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10) with a 3-s
interstimulus interval. The levels of the digits do not reach 0 vu
because the duration of each digit is less than the integration
time of a vu meter. The task of the subject is to repeat the
dichotic digits. [See Broadbent, 1956; Kimura, 1961.]
Track 3. This 128-s stereo track contains 25,
2-pair dichotic digit stimuli, designated List 1. Because the
durations of the digit stimuli are different, the interval between
digits in a set ranges from 500 to 700 ms with an interstimulus
interval of 4 s. [See Broadbent, 1956; Kimura, 1961; Wilson &
Jaffe, 1996]
Track 4. This 127-s stereo track is the same as
Track 2 but with different 25, 2-pair dichotic digits, designated
as List 2.
Track 5. This 193-s stereo track contains 25,
3-pair dichotic digit stimuli, designated List 1. The interval
between digits in a set ranges from 500 to 700 ms with an
interstimulus interval of 5 s. [See Broadbent, 1956; Kimura, 1961;
Wilson & Jaffe, 1996].
Track 6. This 193-s stereo track is the same as
Track 4 but with different 25, 3-pair dichotic digits, designated
as List 2.
Track 7. This 395-s stereo track contains 18,
1-pair, 18, 2-pair, and 18, 3-pair dichotic digit stimuli
interleaved randomly. The interval between digits in a set ranges
from 500 to 700 ms with interstimulus intervals of 5 s for the
1-pair and 6 s for the 2- and 3-pair [See Strouse & Wilson,
1999a,b].
Track 8. This 395-s stereo track contains 18,
1-pair, 18, 2-pair, and 18, 3-pair dichotic digit stimuli
interleaved randomly. The interval between digits in a set ranges
from 500 to 700 ms with interstimulus intervals of 5 s for the
1-pair and 6 s for the 2- and 3-pair.
Track 9. This 155-s stereo track contains the 30
possible pairings of six nonsense (CV) syllables (BA, DA, GA, PA,
TA, and KA) in a dichotic format (Berlin, Lowe-Bell, Cullen,
Thompson, & Loovis, 1973; Wilson & Leigh, 1996). The
syllables were digitized (from the right channel of an analog tape
produced by Kresge Hearing Research Laboratory, New Orleans),
edited, and aligned at the VA Medical Center, Long Beach. The
levels of the syllables do not reach 0 vu because the duration of
each syllable is less than the integration time of a vu meter. The
task of the subject is to repeat the dichotic nonsense syllables.
Track 10. This 156-s stereo track is identical to
Track 9, except the nonsense syllable in the left channel lags by
90 ms the nonsense syllable in the right channel.
Track 11. This 271-s stereo track contains the 30
possible pairings of six synthetic sentences (Fifer, Jerger,
Berlin, Tobey, & Campbell, 1983; Noffsinger, Martinez, &
Wilson, 1994) in a dichotic format. This version of the Dichotic
Sentence Identification Test was produced (digitized, compressed
and expanded as needed, and aligned) at the VA Medical Center, Long
Beach. The task of the subject is to identify from a list of six
sentences the dichotic sentences.
Track 12. This 235-s stereo track contains 50 CVC
words that are segmented at the approximate phoneme boundaries and
are alternated such that the carrier phrase (Show me) is in both
channels, the initial consonant segment is in the left channel, the
vowel segment is in the right channel, and the final consonant
segment is in the left channel (Wilson, Arcos, & Jones, 1984;
Wilson, 1994). Because the carrier phrases on the two channels are
recorded 180° out-of-phase (to prevent the patient from
experiencing a mid-line image with the carrier phrase), the
materials will sound "rough" when both channels are monitored in a
single loudspeaker. The task of the subject is to repeat the
monosyllabic word. Minimal correct recognition of the words is
obtained from either channel individually; maximum correct
recognition of the words is obtained when both channels are
presented simultaneously.
Track 13. This 236-s stereo track is identical to
Track 12, except that the 50 CVC words are in a different
randomization.
Track 14. This 241-s track contains monosyllabic
words from List 3 of the Northwestern University Auditory Test No.
6 (N. U. No. 6) spoken by a female (Wilson, Zizz, Shanks, &
Causey, 1990). The words on the left channel (1) are high-pass
filtered (2100-Hz cutoff; 115 dB/octave rejection), whereas the
words on the right channel (2) are low-pass filtered (1500-Hz
cutoff; 115 dB/octave). The high-pass words on the left channel
peak at -15 to -10 vu; the low-pass words on the right channel peak
at -3 to 0 vu. The materials sound normal if both channels are fed
to a single loudspeaker. Because the words are simultaneous on the
two channels, a binaural fusion task can be created by presenting
the words in the stereo mode. [See Bocca, Calearo, Cassinari, &
Miglivacca, 1955; Matzker, 1957; Smith & Resnick, 1972;
Bornstein, Wilson, & Cambron, 1994.]
Track 15. This 245-s track is identical to Track
14, except that the materials are List 4 of the N.U. No. 6.
Track 16. The left channel (1) contains 30
frequency-pattern sequences (six patterns by five randomizations).
The low-frequency tone (L) is 880 Hz and the high-frequency tone
(H) is 1122 Hz. Both tones are 150 ms with 10-ms rise-fall times
(cosine squared). The frequency-pattern sequences have 200-ms
interstimulus intervals and 6-s interpattern intervals. Because the
frequency pattern tones are shorter than the integration time of a
vu meter, the vu meter peaks at -2 to -3 vu with reference to the
1000-Hz calibration tone. [See Pinheiro & Ptacek, 1971; Ptacek
& Pinheiro, 1971; Pinheiro & Musiek, 1985; Musiek &
Pinheiro, 1987]. The right channel (B) contains 30 duration-pattern
sequences (six patterns by five randomizations). The tones are 1000
Hz with 10-ms rise-fall times (cosine squared). The long tone (L)
is 500 ms, the short tone (S) is 250 ms, the interstimulus interval
is 300 ms, and the interpattern interval is 6 s. [See Pinheiro
& Musiek, 1985; Musiek, Baran, & Pinheiro, 1990.] The task
of the subject is to repeat (mimic) the tonal pattern. The track
time is 198 s. The following are the various combinations of
pattern sequences:
Frequency Patterns Duration Patterns
LLH = 880 Hz, 880 Hz, 1122 Hz LLS = 500 ms, 500 ms, 250 ms
LHL = 880 Hz, 1122 Hz, 880 Hz LSL = 500 ms, 250 ms, 500 ms
LHH = 880 Hz, 1122 Hz, 1122 Hz LSS = 500 ms, 250 ms, 250 ms
HLH = 1122 Hz, 880 Hz, 1122 Hz SLS = 250 ms, 500 ms, 250 ms
HLL = 1122 Hz, 880 Hz, 880 Hz SLL = 250 ms, 500 ms, 500
ms
HHL = 1122 Hz, 1122 Hz, 880 Hz SSL = 250 ms, 250 ms, 500
ms
Track 17. The right channel (2) contains 50
carrier phrase and word stimuli from the N.U. No. 6 pool of 200
words that are compressed 45%, i.e., 45% of the carrier phrase and
word has been removed. This list is designated List 5 because it
contains a composite of words from the original four N.U. No. 6
lists. The left channel (1) contains the same 50 carrier phrases
and words that are compressed 45% and reverberated 0.3 s. The task
of the subject is to repeat the word that follows the carrier
phrase. The track time is 210 s. [See Fairbanks & Kodman, 1957;
Beasley, Schwimmer, & Rintelmann, 1972; Kurdziel, Noffsinger,
& Olsen, 1976; Wilson, Preece, Salamon, Sperry, &
Bornstein, 1994; Stuart & Phillips, 1998.]
Track 18. This track is identical to Track 17,
except that a different group of 50 words from the N.U. No. 6 pool
of 200 words is used; hence, the designation is List 6. The track
time is 210 s.
Track 19. The right channel (2) contains 50
carrier phrase and word stimuli from the N.U. No. 6 pool of 200
words that are compressed 65%, i.e., 65% of the carrier phrase and
word has been removed. This list is designated List 7 because it
contains a composite of words from the original four N.U. No. 6
lists. Because the words have been compressed so much, the words
peak at less than 0 vu. The left channel (1) contains the same 50
carrier phrases and words that are compressed 65% and reverberated
0.3 s. The task of the subject is to repeat the word that follows
the carrier phrase. The track time is 202 s. [See Wilson, Preece,
Salamon, Sperry, & Bornstein, 1994; Stuart & Phillips,
1998.]
Track 20. This track is identical to Track 19,
except that a different group of 50 words from the N.U. No. 6 pool
of 200 words is used; hence, the List 8 designation. The track is
200 s.
NOTE: Tracks 17 and 18 contain 100 words; likewise, Tracks 19 and
20 contain 100 words. The two groups of 100 words contain 52 common
words.
Track 21. This stereo track contains spondaic
words embedded in bursts of broadband noise in the Sp No paradigm,
i.e., the spondaic words (S) are 180° out-of-phase on the two
channels and the bursts of broadband noise (N) in-phase on the two
channels. The 10 spondaic words that are used repetitively are from
the Technisonic Studio recording of the W-1 lists (Hirsh et al.,
1952) and were selected based on earlier masking-level difference
data (Wilson, Shanks, & Koebsell, 1982).The words start 500 ms
into the 2000-ms noise bursts that have 200-ms rise-fall times.
Four words are recorded at each of 16 signal-to- noise ratios in
2-dB decrements from 0 dB to -30 dB. To avoid "pegging" the vu
meter on the noise/word composite signals at 0 dB S/N, the levels
are calibrated to -1 vu with reference to the 1000-Hz calibration
tone. Because the words are 180° out-of-phase, monitoring the
words will be difficult if both channels are fed to one loudspeaker
at the same levels. To avoid this problem, monitor only one
channel. The interstimulus interval is 5 s (see Script) with a 318
s total time. For relative phase calibration purposes, Track 22
contains 100-Hz tone bursts recorded 180° out-of-phase on the
two channels. [See Durlach & Colburn, 1978; Noffsinger et al.,
1972; Olsen, Noffsinger, & Carhart, 1976; Wilson, Zizz, &
Sperry, 1994.]
Track 22. This 19-s stereo track contains 100-Hz
tone bursts that are 50-ms on and 50-ms off recorded 180°
out-of-phase on the two channels. These tone bursts are for the
relative phase calibration of the two channels of audiometers. The
procedure for phase calibration requires an NBS-9A, 6 cm3 coupler,
a microphone, a microphone amplifier or sound-level meter, and an
oscilloscope. The output of the amplifier or meter is fed to the
oscilloscope. If the earphones are in-phase with each other, then
the tone bursts will be out-of-phase at the oscilloscope, i.e., the
onset of the waveform through one earphone will be positive whereas
the onset of the waveform through the other earphone will be
negative. If these results are not obtained, then reversing the
leads to one earphone will produce the correct phase relation.
Script for each track
Download scripts here.
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