Linguistic Factors Influencing Speech Audiometric Assessment

Table 1

Inventory of the syntactic types of the test sentences.

SynStr	# syllables	Examples
Topic Verb Subject	11	Over het algemeen ben jij nogal speels.; Generally (speaking) you are quite playful.
	12	Tegen de avond zou het kunnen regenen.; By tonight it might be raining.
Passive	11	Deze acteur wordt door de pers geprezen.; This actor is praised by the press.
	12	Toetsen worden door de ouders ondertekend.; Written tests shall be signed by the parents
Coordination	11	Hij gaat naar het zwembad en zij naar de stad.; He is going to the swimming pool and she (is going) into town
	12	We vonden het erg leuk en bleven dus langer.; We liked it very much and therefore stayed longer
Subordination	11	Hij dacht niet dat jij die tafel zou kopen.; He didn’t think that you would buy that table
	12	Ze had geluk dat die windhoos haar net mistte.; She was lucky that the tornado just missed her.
Subject Relatives	11	De meubels die in de schuur staan, mogen weg.; The furniture that is in the barn can be thrown away.
	12	De schilder die zonet hier was, is nu weg.; The painter who was just here, has left now.
Object Relatives	11	Ze kent geen burger die altijd zijn plicht doet.; She doesn’t know a citizen who always does his duty.
	12	De fles die op tafel stond, gooide hij omver.; He threw away the bottle that was on the table.