Measuring speech-in-speech intelligibility with target location uncertainty

Authors

  • Niels Søgaard Jensen Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Kongevejen 243, DK-3070 Snekkersten, Denmark
  • René Burmand Johannesson Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Kongevejen 243, DK-3070 Snekkersten, Denmark
  • Søren Laugesen Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Kongevejen 243, DK-3070 Snekkersten, Denmark
  • Renskje K. Hietkamp Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Kongevejen 243, DK-3070 Snekkersten, Denmark

Abstract

The most common speech-intelligibility tests do only to a limited extent reflect the situations where hearing-impaired people typically experience speech-intelligibility problems in their everyday life. One major problem is that the resulting speech reception threshold (SRT) typically is unrealistically low. In an attempt to increase the ecological validity of the Danish Dantale II speech-intelligibility test, a modified version of the test was developed. The new version includes speech masking and target location uncertainty as ways to increase the resemblance to real-life situations. In the present study, test results were obtained from 16 hearing- impaired listeners and comparison was made to results obtained in three other test conditions, all having a fixed target position but including different types of masking signals. The results showed that the introduction of speech masking as well as target location uncertainty contributed to an increase in SRT.

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Published

2011-12-15

How to Cite

Jensen, N. S., Johannesson, R. B., Laugesen, S., & Hietkamp, R. K. (2011). Measuring speech-in-speech intelligibility with target location uncertainty. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, 3, 135–142. Retrieved from https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2011-16

Issue

Vol. 3 (2011): Speech Perception and Auditory Disorders

Section

2011/1. Indicators of hearing impairment and measures of speech perception

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