The effect of hearing loss on the intelligibility of synthetic speech
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2007-08Author
Wolters, Maria
Campbell, Pauline
DePlacido, Christine
Liddell, Amy
Owens, David
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Wolters, M., Campbell, P., DePlacido, C., Liddell, A. & Owens, D. (2007) The effect of hearing loss on the intelligibility of synthetic speech, Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of the ICPhS, pp. 673-676.
Abstract
Many factors affect the intelligibility of synthetic
speech. One aspect that has been severely neglected
in past work is hearing loss. In this study, we investigate
whether pure-tone audiometry thresholds
across a wide range of frequencies (0.25-20kHz)
are correlated with participants' performance on a
simple task that involves accurately recalling and
processing reminders. Participants' scores correlate
not only with thresholds in the frequency ranges
commonly associated with speech, but also with extended
high-frequency thresholds.