1. A method for administering a standardized audio test to a plurality of remotely located clients, the method comprising: providing a plurality of audio test words based on established intelligibility standards; storing the audio test words as a plurality of audio test files in a database; for each respective remotely located client: a. downloading from the database, the audio test files and a test protocol corresponding to the audio test files; b. playing the audio test files according to the test protocol; c. recording test responses made in response to the playing of the audio test files; d. uploading the test responses to the database; and processing the test responses stored in the database to determine results of the test from each of the respective remotely located client.