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The Phonetically Balanced Speech Intelligibility Test
A B C D E F
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1 Bat Bad Back Bass Ban Bath
2 been beach beat beam bead beak
3 bun bus but buff buck bug
4 came cape cane cake cave case
5 cut cub cuff cup cud cuss
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6 dig dip did dim dill din
7 duck dud dung dub dug done
8 fill fig fin fizz fib fit
9 hear heath heal heave heat heap
10 kick king kid kit kin kill
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11 late lake lay lace lane lame
12 map mat math man mass mad
13 page pane pace pay pale pave
14 pass pat pack pad path pan
15 peace peas peak peal peat peach
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16 pill pick pip pig pin pit
17 pun puff pup puck pus pub
18 rave rake race rate raze ray
19 sake sale save sane safe same
20 sad sass sag sack sap sat
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21 seep seen seethe seed seem seek
22 sing sit sin sip sick sill
23 sud sum sub sun sup sung
24 tab tan tam tang tack tap
25 teach tear tease teal team teak
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26 led shed red bed fed wed
27 sold told hold gold fold cold
28 dig wig big rig pig fig
29 kick lick sick pick wick tick
30 book took shook cook hook look
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31 hark dark mark lark park bark
32 gale male tale bale sale pale
33 peel reel feel heel keel eel
34 will hill kill till fill bill
35 foil coil boil oil toil soil
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36 fame same came name tame game
37 ten pen den hen then men
38 pin sin tin win din fin
39 sun nun gun fun bun run
40 rang fang gang bang sang hang
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41 tent bent went dent rent sent
42 sip rip tip dip hip lip
43 top hop pop cop mop shop
44 meat feat heat seat beat neat
45 kit bit fit sit wit hit
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46 hot got not pot lot tot
47 nest vest west test best rest
48 bust just rust must gust dust
49 raw paw law jaw thaw saw
50 way may say hay day pay
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This test should be done three ways.
Post By Joseph De Buglio
From the 1945 Bell Labs Word List
Copyright © Jan. 1997-2007
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