A Matrixed Speech-in-Noise Test to Discriminate Favorable Listening Conditions by Means of Intelligibility and Response Time Results

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR
Chiara Visentin, Nicola Prodi

Abstract

The primary aim of this study was to develop and examine the potentials of a new speech-in-noise test in discriminating the favorable listening conditions targeted in the acoustical design of communication spaces. The test is based on the recognition and recall of disyllabic word sequences. A secondary aim was to compare the test with current speech-in-noise tests, assessing its benefits and limitations. Young adults (19-40 years old), self-reporting normal hearing, were presented with the newly developed Words Sequence Test (WST; 16 participants, Experiment 1) and with a consonant confusion test and a sentence recognition test (Experiment 2, 36 participants randomly assigned to the 2 tests). Participants performing the WST were presented with word sequences of different lengths (from 2 up to 6 words). Two listening conditions were selected: (a) no noise and no reverberation, and (b) reverberant, steady-state noise (Speech Transmission Index: 0.47). The tests were presented in a closed-set format; data on the number of words correctly recognized (speech intelligibility, IS) and the response times (RTs) were collected (onset RT, single words' RT). It was found that a sequence composed of 4 disyllabic words ensured both the full ...Continue Reading

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Jun 23, 2020·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Isabel S SchillerAngélique Remacle
Oct 28, 2019·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Nicola Prodi, Chiara Visentin
Aug 6, 2020·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·Chiara VisentinNicola Prodi

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