If listening in adverse conditions is hard, then listening in a foreign language is doubly so:
non-native listeners have to cope with both imperfect signals and imperfect knowledge …

There is ample evidence that recognising words in a non-native language is more difficult
than in a native language, even for those with a high proficiency in the non-native language …

Aviation English investigates the key issues related to the use of English for the purpose of
communication in aviation and analyses the current research on language training, testing …

PurPose—To establish what is currently known about factors that affect foreign language
listening comprehension, with a focus on characteristics of the listener, passage, and testing …

Native listeners neurally integrate iconic gestures with speech, which can enhance
degraded speech comprehension. However, it is unknown how non-native listeners neurally …

This article explores the issues of pronunciation and comprehension in the English as a
lingua franca (ELF) context of pilot–air traffic controller radiotelephony communication, and …

Objectives: A Canadian French version of the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) has been
developed to assess children's ability to recognize speech in noise. To avoid testing a large …

Background: Bilingual (BL) listeners' difficulties in adverse noise conditions are exacerbated
when perceiving their second language (L2) relative to their first language (L1). Perception …

The present study was designed to examine the impact of noise cancelling headphones on
the intelligibility of auditory information, specific to the aviation industry. The majority of …

Relatively little is known about the combined effects of adverse listening conditions on
bilinguals' speech perception. This study examines the effect of (1) speech rate and (2) …