Linguistic Factors Influencing Speech Audiometric Assessment

Figure 3

Mean percentage of correct verbal repetition scores with 95% confidence intervals. Comparison based on the part of speech of the key words for lexical categories. ADJ = adjectives, ADV = adverbs, N = nouns, and V = verbs. The dotted and full horizontal lines represent, respectively, the lower and upper bound of the 95% CI for function words (blue lines = 11 syllables; green lines = 12 syllables).