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The Effect of Hearing Loss on the Intelligibility of Synthetic Speech

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Many factors affect the intelligibility of synthetic \nspeech. One aspect that has been severely neglected \nin past work is hearing loss. In this study, we investigate \nwhether pure-tone audiometry thresholds \nacross a wide range of frequencies (0.25–20kHz) \nare correlated with participants’ performance on a \nsimple task that involves accurately recalling and \nprocessing reminders. Participants’ scores correlate \nnot only with thresholds in the frequency ranges \ncommonly associated with speech, but also with extended \nhigh-frequency thresholds.

Source: Queen Margaret University Publications Repository (Queen Margaret University)

Authors: Maria Wolters, Pauline Campbell, Christine DePlacido, Amy Liddell, David S. Owens

Language: English

Topic: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation

Subfield: Speech and Hearing

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W1496989738

FWCI: 1.793

Cites: 20

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10