Grason-Stadler GSI
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61 CLINICAL AUDIOMETER
Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW)
1
. Using earphones or speakers in a sound field, and an external source of speech, establish
the patient’s speech threshold relative to the three frequency, pure tone average for each
ear.
2
. Set the intensity level of the signal for the Channel 1 and Channel 2 attenuators to 50 dB
SL
. This level may be adjusted for severe hearing loss or tolerance problems. A
presentation level of 30 dB SL is suggested when air-bone gaps exceed 20 dB (J
.
Katz and
E
. White, unpublished).
3
. Forty spondaic words recorded on an external source are presented to the patient in
partially overlapping pairs. The patient is asked to repeat both spondees:
a. With Channel 1 routed right and Channel 2 routed left, the first syllable of the first
spondee is presented to the right ear alone through Channel 1.
b
. Select the Interlock button and simultaneously present the second syllable of the first
spondee through Channel 1 to the right ear, and the first syllable of the second
spondee to the left ear through Channel 2.
c. The second syllable of the second spondee is then presented to the left ear alone.
d
. The presentations of the spondees are alternated from ear to ear. (The right ear may
receive the first monosyllable and the left ear receives the first monosyllable of the
next pair of spondees). Thus, twenty presentations are right ear first and twenty
presentations are left ear first.
e. Practice word pairs should be presented to the patient before scoring begins.
Time -------------------------------->
123
Right ear up stairs
Left ear down town
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