Martin F N, Coombes S
J Speech Hear Disord. 1976 Aug;41(3):333-8. doi: 10.1044/jshd.4103.333.
Forty normal-hearing children between 17 and 56 months were tested using a new method for determining speech reception thresholds. The words employed were names for parts of a device that was in the form of a colorful clown. The device automatically rewarded the child with a small piece of candy each time he pressed the part of the clown that had been announced through the sound field system of a speech audiometer. Results showed that operant conditioning speech audiometry using tangible reinforcers is feasible for small children. Both boys and girls can be tested accurately by this method down to age two and one-half years.
使用一种测定言语接受阈的新方法对40名年龄在17至56个月的听力正常儿童进行了测试。所用的单词是一个色彩鲜艳的小丑形状的装置各部分的名称。每当孩子按下通过言语听力计的声场系统播报的小丑的相应部位时，该装置就会自动奖励孩子一小块糖果。结果表明，使用有形强化物的操作性条件言语测听法对幼儿是可行的。通过这种方法，男孩和女孩在两岁半之前都能得到准确测试。
