The effect of hearing loss on the intelligibility of synthetic speech
| dc.contributor.author | Wolters, Maria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Campbell, Pauline | |
| dc.contributor.author | DePlacido, Christine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Liddell, Amy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Owens, David | |
| dc.contributor.sponsor | This research was funded by the EPSRC/BBSRC initiative SPARC and by the SFC grant MATCH (grant no. HR04016). | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-29T15:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-29T15:54:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-08 | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.description.eprintid | 45 | |
| dc.description.faculty | casl | |
| dc.description.ispublished | pub | |
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| dc.description.status | pub | |
| dc.format.extent | 673-676 | |
| dc.identifier | ER45 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/45 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of the ICPhS | |
| dc.subject | Ageing | |
| dc.subject | Speech Synthesis | |
| dc.subject | Intelligibility, Audiometry | |
| dc.subject | Memory | |
| dc.title | The effect of hearing loss on the intelligibility of synthetic speech | |
| dc.type | article | |
| dcterms.accessRights | public | |
| qmu.author | DePlacido, Christine | |
| qmu.author | Campbell, Pauline | |
| qmu.centre | CASL | en |
| rioxxterms.type | article |
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