PMID: 3762107Sep 1, 1986Paper

Influence of the acoustic reflex on vowel recognition

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
M F DormanJ M Lindholm

Abstract

Computer synthesized vowels of 50- and 300-ms duration were presented to normal-hearing listeners at a moderate and high sound pressure level (SPL). Presentation at the high SPL resulted in poor recognition accuracy for vowels of a duration (50 ms) shorter than the latency of the acoustic stapedial reflex. Presentation level had no effect on recognition accuracy for vowels of sufficient duration (300 ms) to elicit the reflex. The poor recognition accuracy for the brief, high intensity vowels was significantly improved when the reflex was preactivated. These results demonstrate the importance of the acoustic reflex in extending the dynamic range of the auditory system for speech recognition.

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Jun 8, 2002·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·Dennis P PhillipsMichael Carpenter
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