| Effects of speech signal content and speaker gender on acceptance of noise in listeners with normal hearing. | |
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PMID: 21309641 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Abstract Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine if the content and/or speaker gender of a running speech sample affected the acceptance of background noise within a participant. Design: A male and a female recording of the Arizona Travelogue (Cosmos Inc.) and the ipsilateral competing message (ICM) from the synthetic sentence identification with ICM were created and used as the experimental speech signals. Two acceptable noise level measurements were obtained and averaged for each condition. Twenty-one participants rated interest level in the speech sample for each condition. Study Sample: Forty-three listeners with normal hearing participated. Results: Interest level was significantly greater for the ICM than the Arizona Travelogue speech samples, and was significantly greater for female samples. Neither the content of the sample nor the gender of the speaker significantly affected the most comfortable level or the acceptable noise level. Conclusions: Findings suggest that the acceptable noise level can be measured using various types of speech signals for normal-hearing listeners. Sumario Objetivo: El prop sito de esta investigaci?n fue determinar si el contenido y/o el g?nero del locutor en una muestra de lenguaje corrido afectaba la aceptaci?n del ruido de fondo en un mismo participante. Dise?o: Se realiz?una grabaci?n con la participaci?n de un hombre y una mujer del Arizona Travelogue (Cosmos Inc.) y del Mensaje Competitivo Ipsilateral (ICM) de la prueba de identificaci n de Frases Sint?ticas con ICM, y se cre? una material que fue utilizado como se?al ling?stica experimental. Se obtuvieron dos mediciones de niveles de ruido aceptables y se promediaron para cada condici n. Veinti?n participantes calificaron el nivel de inter?s de la muestra de lenguaje para cada condici?n. Muestra del estudio: Participaron cuarenta y tres sujetos con audici?n normal. Resultados: El nivel de inter?s fue significativamente mayor para las muestras de lenguaje del ICM que para las del Arizona Travelogue y estas fueron significativamente mayores para muestras grabadas por mujeres. Ni el contenido de la muestra ni el g?nero del locutor afect? significativamente el nivel m?s confortable o el nivel aceptable de ruido. Conclusiones: Los hallazgos sugieren que el nivel aceptable de ruido puede medirse usando varios tipos de se?ales de lenguaje para oyentes con audici?n normal. |
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Patrick N Plyler; Lynzee N Alworth; Tabitha P Rossini; Kathryn E Mapes |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-10 |
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Title: International journal of audiology Volume: - ISSN: 1708-8186 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101140017 Medline TA: Int J Audiol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Knoxville, USA. |
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