Abstract
The rapid growth of the Spanish-speaking population of the United States presents challenges for all healthcare providers to develop linguistically- and culturally- appropriate best practices. A significant need for all audiologists is language-appropriate stimuli for speech recognition testing. Unfortunately, few well-validated tests exist for this purpose. We review the timeline of development of Spanish-language speech recognition test materials and address issues facing the audiologist in evaluating accurately the hearing abilities of both older children and adults who use Spanish as their primary or only language of communication.