Recognition performance on single-speaker recordings of W-22, NU6, and PB-50 by listeners with normal hearing

Authors

  • Richard H. Wilson Auditory Research Laboratory (126), James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Moun- tain Home, Tennessee, 37684, USA; Departments of Surgery and Communicative Disorders, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, USA
  • Rachel McArdle Auditory Research Laboratory (126), Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, Florida, 33744, USA; Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620, USA

Abstract

The psychometric characteristics of the PB-50, CID W-22, and NU No. 6 monosyllabic word lists were compared with one another, with the CID W-1 spondaic words, and with the nine monosyllabic digits. The 583 words were spoken by the same speaker and were presented at 4 levels (−7-, −2-, 3-, and 8-dB S/N) in speech-spectrum noise xed at 72-dB SPL. Twenty-four young adults with normal hearing participated in four sessions. Recognition performance on the four lists within each of the three monosyllabic word materials were equivalent, ±0.4 dB. Likewise, word-recognition performance on the PB-50, W-22, and NU No. 6 word lists were equivalent, ±0.2 dB. The mean recognition performance at the 50% point with the 36 W-1 spondaic words was ∼6-dB better than mean performance on monosyllabic words. Recognition performance on the monosyllabic digits was 1-2 dB better than mean performance on the monosyllabic words.

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2007-12-15

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Wilson, R. H., & McArdle, R. (2007). Recognition performance on single-speaker recordings of W-22, NU6, and PB-50 by listeners with normal hearing. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, 1, 423–432. Retrieved from https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2007-41

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Vol. 1 (2007): Auditory Signal Processing in Hearing Impaired Listeners

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2007/4. Speech perception and processing

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