[HTML][HTML] Speech perception in noise: Masking and unmasking
Speech perception is essential for daily communication. Background noise or concurrent
talkers, on the other hand, can make it challenging for listeners to track the target speech (ie …
talkers, on the other hand, can make it challenging for listeners to track the target speech (ie …
Susceptibility to steady noise largely explains susceptibility to dynamic maskers in cochlear implant users, but not in normal-hearing listeners
B Chen, Y Shi, Y Kong, J Chen, L Zhang… - Trends in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Different from normal-hearing (NH) listeners, speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) in
cochlear implant (CI) users are typically poorer with dynamic maskers than with speech …
cochlear implant (CI) users are typically poorer with dynamic maskers than with speech …
Prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants show better perception of voice cues and speech in competing speech than postlingually deaf adults with cochlear …
Objectives: Postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants (CIs) have difficulties with
perceiving differences in speakers' voice characteristics and benefit little from voice …
perceiving differences in speakers' voice characteristics and benefit little from voice …
Recognizing voices through a cochlear implant: A systematic review of voice perception, talker discrimination, and talker identification
S Colby, AJ Orena - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022 - ASHA
Objective: Some cochlear implant (CI) users report having difficulty accessing indexical
information in the speech signal, presumably due to limitations in the transmission of fine …
information in the speech signal, presumably due to limitations in the transmission of fine …
[HTML][HTML] The effects of lexical content, acoustic and linguistic variability, and vocoding on voice cue perception
Perceptual differences in voice cues, such as fundamental frequency (F0) and vocal tract
length (VTL), can facilitate speech understanding in challenging conditions. Yet, we …
length (VTL), can facilitate speech understanding in challenging conditions. Yet, we …
[HTML][HTML] School-age children benefit from voice gender cue differences for the perception of speech in competing speech
Differences in speakers' voice characteristics, such as mean fundamental frequency (F0)
and vocal-tract length (VTL), that primarily define speakers' so-called perceived voice …
and vocal-tract length (VTL), that primarily define speakers' so-called perceived voice …
Short implicit voice training affects listening effort during a voice cue sensitivity task with vocoder-degraded speech
Objectives: Understanding speech in real life can be challenging and effortful, such as in
multiple-talker listening conditions. Fundamental frequency (fo) and vocal-tract length (vtl) …
multiple-talker listening conditions. Fundamental frequency (fo) and vocal-tract length (vtl) …
[HTML][HTML] Perception of voice cues and speech-in-speech by children with prelingual single-sided deafness and a cochlear implant
abstract Voice cues, such as fundamental frequency (F0) and vocal tract length (VTL), help
listeners identify the speaker's gender, perceive the linguistic and emotional prosody, and …
listeners identify the speaker's gender, perceive the linguistic and emotional prosody, and …
Effect of spectral contrast enhancement on speech-on-speech intelligibility and voice cue sensitivity in cochlear implant users
N El Boghdady, F Langner, E Gaudrain… - Ear and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Speech intelligibility in the presence of a competing talker (speech-on-speech;
SoS) presents more difficulties for cochlear implant (CI) users compared with normal …
SoS) presents more difficulties for cochlear implant (CI) users compared with normal …
The role of word content, sentence information, and vocoding for voice cue perception
T Koelewijn, E Gaudrain, T Shehab, T Treczoks… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: For voice perception, two voice cues, the fundamental frequency (fo) and/or vocal
tract length (VTL), seem to largely contribute to identification of voices and speaker …
tract length (VTL), seem to largely contribute to identification of voices and speaker …