Talker differences in clear and conversational speech: Vowel intelligibility for normal-hearing listeners
Talker differences in clear and conversational speech: Vowel intelligibility for normal-hearing listeners
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10.1121/1.1788730
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2004-10-01
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2.4
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Ferguson, SH
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作者：
Ferguson, SH
一些研究表明，当说话者被指示像与听力受损的人说话一样说话时，所产生的“清晰”语音比典型的会话语音明显更容易理解。虽然在语音产生期间说话者之间的可变性是众所周知的，但迄今为止只有一项研究[Gagne等人，J. Acad.戒毒所Audiol 27，135-158（1994）]直接研究了产生清晰和会话性言语的说话者之间的差异。这项研究使用了10名说话者，研究数据表明，说话者通过清晰地说话来提高其可理解性的程度各不相同。在使用较小的谈话者群体的研究中也可以看到类似的变化[例如，Picheny，Durlach，and Braida，J. Speech Hear. Res. 28，96-103（1985）]。本文对41名年龄在18 ~ 45岁的男女谈话者进行了清晰的会话性言语材料的记录。听力实验表明，对于正常听力的听众在噪音中，元音可懂度差异很大的41说话者的两种说话风格，说话风格的效果的大小。虽然女性谈话者比男性谈话者表现出更大的清晰语音元音可理解性的好处，无论是谈话者的年龄，也没有以前的经验与听力受损的听众沟通显着影响说话风格的效果。(C)2004年，美国声学学会。
Several studies have shown that when a talker is instructed to speak as though talking to a hearing-impaired person, the resulting "clear" speech is significantly more intelligible than typical conversational speech. While variability among talkers during speech production is well known, only one study to date [Gagne et al., J. Acad. Rehab. Audiol. 27, 135-158 (1994)] has directly examined differences among talkers producing clear and conversational speech. Data from that study, which utilized ten talkers, suggested that talkers vary in the extent to which they improve their intelligibility by speaking clearly. Similar variability can be also seen in studies using smaller groups of talkers [e.g.., Picheny, Durlach, and Braida, J. Speech Hear. Res. 28, 96-103 (1985)]. In the current paper, clear and conversational speech materials were recorded from 41 male and female talkers aged 18 to 45 years. A listening experiment demonstrated that for normal-hearing listeners in noise, vowel intelligibility varied widely among the 41 talkers for both speaking styles, as did the magnitude of the speaking style effect. While female talkers showed a larger clear speech vowel intelligibility benefit than male talkers, neither talker age nor prior experience communicating with hearing-impaired listeners significantly affected the speaking style effect. (C) 2004 Acoustical Society of America.