The word-with-noise test: development, validation and reference values.

Purpose: To propose an instrument for assessing speech recognition in the presence of competing noise. To define its application strategy for use in clinical practice. To obtain evidence of criterion validity and present reference values.

The word-with-noise test: test-retest reliability in normal-hearing adults.

Purpose: To investigate the reliability of the Word-with-Noise Test in a group of normal-hearing adults.

Methods: Forty-five normal-hearing adult subjects participated in the research. The interval between the first and second assessment was 14 to 28 days, performed during the same time of the day and by the same evaluator.

Lists of monosyllables for logoaudiometric tests: elaboration, content validation and search for equivalence.

Purpose: Develop new lists of monosyllables for conducting logoaudiometric tests in Portuguese, perform content validation, considering ear side and education and check the equivalence between the lists.

Methods: Were selected 125 monosyllables with different syllabic structures, which were submitted to the content validation process, which included judgment on familiarity, organization of lists, recording of material and auditory recognition. After content validation, the monosyllable lists were subjected to equivalence research, in order to obtain evidence of reliability for the proposed test instrument.