Speech perception in quiet and noise using the hearing in noise test and the Japanese hearing in noise test by Japanese listeners

Ear and Hearing
Kaori Nakamura, Sandra Gordon-Salant

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) perception abilities in quiet and noise of native Japanese listeners who acquired English late in life and lived in the United States. The study addressed two primary questions: (1) whether native Japanese listeners who developed some fluency in English showed poorer English speech perception ability in quiet and noise than native English listeners, and (2) whether native Japanese listeners living in an English-speaking environment demonstrated poorer speech perception ability in Japanese than native Japanese listeners who reside in Japan and rarely use a second language. Ten native Japanese adults who had excellent English word recognition ability in quiet were evaluated using the English and Japanese versions of the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT). In addition, 10 native English adults were evaluated using the English version of the HINT. All Japanese participants started learning English between the ages of 12 and 13 yrs while at school in Japan and had lived in the United States more than 4 yrs. An adaptive procedure was used to measure English and Japanese speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) in quiet and signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) at wh...Continue Reading

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