diff --git a/tests/helpers/media.py b/tests/helpers/media.py
index 623c218ad..3e6331cd6 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/media.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/media.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ def concat_audio(audio_val) -> np.ndarray:
 def preprocess_text(text):
     import opencc
 
-    word_to_num = {
+    word_normalizations = {
         "zero": "0",
         "one": "1",
         "two": "2",
@@ -612,10 +612,11 @@ def preprocess_text(text):
         "eight": "8",
         "nine": "9",
         "ten": "10",
+        "kilohertz": "khz",
     }
-    for word, num in word_to_num.items():
+    for word, replacement in word_normalizations.items():
         pattern = r"\b" + re.escape(word) + r"\b"
-        text = re.sub(pattern, num, text, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+        text = re.sub(pattern, replacement, text, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
 
     text = re.sub(r"[^\w\s]", "", text)
     text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", text)
diff --git a/tests/helpers/tests/test_media.py b/tests/helpers/tests/test_media.py
index 8045f7a69..d41999b21 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/tests/test_media.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/tests/test_media.py
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ from tests.helpers import media
 pytestmark = [pytest.mark.core_model, pytest.mark.cpu]
 
 
+def test_preprocess_text_normalizes_spoken_kilohertz():
+    expected = "This response should be encoded as eight kilohertz audio."
+    transcript = "This response should be encoded as 8 kHz audio."
+
+    assert media.preprocess_text(expected) == media.preprocess_text(transcript)
+    assert media.cosine_similarity_text(expected, transcript) == pytest.approx(1.0)
+
+
 def _stub_transcribe(monkeypatch) -> dict:
     """Capture the kwargs the helper hands to whisper, with no model and no device."""
     captured: dict = {}