Terms used simultaneously by the three groups of observers in cases of correct and incorrect rating
| Sound sample | Correct rating | Incorrect rating | ||
| Descriptive term | Number of occasions | Descriptive term | Number of occasions | |
| #1 Normal breath sound | Normal sound | 3 | Crepitation | 9 |
| Vesicular sound | 2 | Crackles | 2 | |
| Bronchial breathing | 4 | |||
| #2 Wheezes | Wheezes | 24 | Stridor | 1 |
| #3 Crackles | Crackles | 2 | Bronchial breathing | 3 |
| Crepitation | 9 | Normal sound | 2 | |
| Rale | 3 | |||
| #4 Stridor | Stridor | 26 | Wheezes | 1 |
| #5 Pleural friction rub | Pleural rub | 1 | Crackles | 6 |
| Crepitation | 3 | |||
| Rhonchi | 6 | |||
| Total | – | 70 | – | 37 |
There were 70 instances of three-group agreement on correct terms and 37 on incorrect terms. Most cases of correct agreement were observed for the musical adventitious sounds namely wheezes and stridor (50 occasions in total). Most cases of three-group agreement on incorrect terms were observed for the normal breath sound (15 occasions) and the pleural friction rub (15 occasions).