The SSW consists of 40
spondee word pairs (e.g., day-light, back-door) presented through TDH-39 headphones at a level of 55 dB HL.
We tested the SRT in each ear by using an adaptive procedure and the Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) W-1
spondee word list [17].
Instead, our focus is on the most commonly used speech tests in clinical practice: the speech reception threshold (SRT) of
spondee words, the word recognition score (WRS) of phonetically balanced words, most comfortable loudness (MCL), and uncomfortable loudness (UCL).
This test consisted of bisyllabic
spondee words, for example, railroad, buckwheat, iceberg, woodchuck and horseshoe.
vowel identification test), and identify common
spondee words in a closed set (score: 74% on the four-choice spondee test).