The role of questionnaires in assessing speech perception among foreign medical students studying in Russian

In Russian medical universities, the proportion of international students from Asian countries, Africa, and the Middle East enrolled in Russian-medium programs is steadily increasing. Even when they have formally achieved a B1-B2 level of Russian language proficiency, many of them still experience difficulties in perceiving spoken Russian in noise and under high cognitive load, which reduces the effectiveness of...

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No actionable change for clinical audiologists — this study addresses an educational/research measurement problem specific to foreign language learners in Russian medical schools, not routine clinical hearing care.

Validating speech perception assessment tools for non-native language learners is important for academic audiology programs that train international students, with potential broader relevance to multilingual patient assessments.

1. 01Evaluated questionnaire-based methods for measuring speech perception in Russian among non-native student speakers.
2. 02Motivated by growing enrollment of international students in Russian medical universities.
3. 03Questionnaires may offer a practical, scalable complement to formal audiological speech tests in academic settings.
4. 04Study highlights challenges of assessing speech understanding across language and cultural barriers.
5. 05Published in a Russian otolaryngology journal (DOI: 10.17116/otorino20269103121).

PMID

42397364

DOI

10.17116/otorino20269103121.

Journal

Vestnik otorinolaringologii (Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology)

Publication type

research_article

Evidence level

4

Population

Foreign medical students studying in Russian-language programs at Russian universities

Intervention

Questionnaire-based assessment of speech perception in Russian