The effect of hearing loss on the Intelligibility of Synthetic Speech

Maria Wolters; Pauline Campbell; Christine DePlacido; Amy Liddell; David Owens

The effect of hearing loss on the Intelligibility of Synthetic Speech

Maria Wolters, Pauline Campbell, Christine DePlacido, Amy Liddell, David Owens

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Abstract

Many factors affect the intelligibility of synthetic speech. One aspect that has been severely neglected in past work is hearing loss. In this study, we investigate whether pure-tone audiometry thresholds across a wide range of frequencies (0.25--20kHz) are correlated with participants' performance on a simple task that involves accurately recalling and processing reminders. Participants' scores correlate not only with thresholds in the frequency ranges commonly associated with speech, but also with extended high-frequency thresholds.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	16th International Congress of Phonetic Science
Pages	673 - 675
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - Aug 2007
Event	16th International Congress of Phonetic Science - Saarbrucken, Germany Duration: 6 Aug 2007 → 10 Aug 2007

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Conference	16th International Congress of Phonetic Science
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Saarbrucken
Period	6/08/07 → 10/08/07

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ageing
speech synthesis
intelligibility
audiometry
Memory

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