The multilingual matrix test: Principles, applications, and comparison across languages: A review

B Kollmeier, A Warzybok, S Hochmuth… - … journal of audiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: A review of the development, evaluation, and application of the so-called 'matrix
sentence test'for speech intelligibility testing in a multilingual society is provided. The format …

Spatial speech-in-noise performance in bimodal and single-sided deaf cochlear implant users

B Williges, T Wesarg, L Jung, LI Geven… - Trends in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study compared spatial speech-in-noise performance in two cochlear implant (CI)
patient groups: bimodal listeners, who use a hearing aid contralaterally to support their …

Functionality of hearing aids: State-of-the-art and future model-based solutions

B Kollmeier, J Kiessling - International journal of audiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A review about technical and perceptual factors in hearing aid technology, research and
development is provided, covering current commercial solutions, underlying models of …

Matrix sentence intelligibility prediction using an automatic speech recognition system

MR Schädler, A Warzybok, S Hochmuth… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The feasibility of predicting the outcome of the German matrix sentence test for
different types of stationary background noise using an automatic speech recognition (ASR) …

Original speech and its echo are segregated and separately processed in the human brain

J Gao, H Chen, M Fang, N Ding - Plos Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Speech recognition crucially relies on slow temporal modulations (< 16 Hz) in speech.
Recent studies, however, have demonstrated that the long-delay echoes, which are …

Speech recognition in echoic environments and the effect of aging and hearing impairment

N Ding, J Gao, J Wang, W Sun, M Fang, X Liu, H Zhao - Hearing Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Temporal modulations provide critical cues for speech recognition. When the temporal
modulations are distorted by, eg, reverberations, speech intelligibility drops, and the drop in …

Regularization for partial multichannel equalization for speech dereverberation

I Kodrasi, S Goetze, S Doclo - IEEE Transactions on Audio …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic multichannel equalization techniques such as the multiple-input/output inverse
theorem (MINT), which aim to equalize the room impulse responses (RIRs) between the …

Objective assessment of binaural benefit from acoustical treatment in real primary school classrooms

G Minelli, GE Puglisi, A Astolfi, C Hauth… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Providing students with an adequate acoustic environment is crucial for ensuring speech
intelligibility in primary school classrooms. Two main approaches to control acoustics in …

Fast processing models effects of reflections on binaural unmasking

NF Bischof, PG Aublin, BU Seeber - Acta Acustica, 2023 - acta-acustica.edpsciences.org
Sound reflections and late reverberation alter energetic and binaural cues of a target source,
thereby affecting its detection in noise. Two experiments investigated detection of harmonic …

Benefit of binaural listening as revealed by speech intelligibility and listening effort

J Rennies, G Kidd - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In contrast to the well-known benefits for speech intelligibility, the advantage afforded by
binaural stimulus presentation for reducing listening effort has not been thoroughly …