A Multimedia Approach for Estimating Speech Recognition of Multilingual Clients

Spanish picture-identification materials have been created specifically for presentation in a computer-driven multimedia format. Normative performance data in conventional oral, open-set conditions and in computer-controlled pointing, closed-set conditions are being established for the Spanish Picture-Identification Task and will be forthcoming. The use of auditory/visual materials in the computer-controlled format represents an innovative use of multimedia technology that appears to be uniquely applicable for assessing the growing numbers of multilingual clients. It is reasonable to expect that word lists and corresponding illustrations will be developed soon for many common languages, perhaps stored on CD-ROM and accessed by audiologists through the touch of a button.