Relative importance of temporal information in various frequency regions for consonant identification in quiet and in noise

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Apoux, F [1 ]
Bacon, SP [1 ]
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[1] Arizona State Univ, Dept Speech & Hearing Sci, Psychoacoust Lab, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
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10.1121/1.1781329
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O42 [声学];
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070206 ; 082403 ;
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The relative importance of temporal information in broad spectral regions for consonant identification was assessed in normal-hearing listeners. For the purpose of forcing listeners to use primarily temporal-envelope cues, speech sounds were spectrally degraded using four-noise-band vocoder processing. Frequency-weighting functions were determined using two methods. The first method consisted of measuring the intelligibility of speech with a hole in the spectrum either in quiet or in noise. The second method consisted of correlating performance with the randomly and independently varied signal-to-noise ratio within each band. Results demonstrated that all bands contributed equally to consonant identification when presented in quiet. In noise, however, both methods indicated that listeners consistently placed relatively more weight upon the highest frequency band. It is proposed that the explanation for the difference in results between quiet and noise relates to the shape of the modulation spectra in adjacent frequency bands. Overall, the results suggest that normal-hearing listeners use a common listening strategy in a given condition. However, this strategy may be influenced by the competing sounds, and thus may vary according to the context. Some implications of the results for cochlear implantees and hearing-impaired listeners are discussed. (C) 2004 Acoustical Society of America.
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