More than adaptation – evidence for training-induced perceptual learning of time-compressed speech

Authors

  • Karen Banai Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
  • Yizhar Lavner Department of Computer Science, Tel Hai College, Tel Hai, Israel

Abstract

The identification of time-compressed speech improves significantly following short-term exposure, but it is not clear whether additional practice yields additional learning. The goal of the experiment reported here was to determine whether 30-40 minutes of training, during which listeners practiced the identification of 100 different time-compressed sentences, yielded additional learning to that induced by a single brief exposure to 20 sentences. We also asked if this learning generalized to novel sentences and to a new speaker. Training resulted in more learning than a single brief exposure, and this learning generalized to a new speaker but not to new tokens. Brief exposure to 20 sentences did not result in any significant increases to performance when compared to naive listeners. We conclude that a prolonged learning phase exists for time-compressed speech, but that learning during this phase does not fully transfer to new, untrained tokens.

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2013-12-15

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Banai, K., & Lavner, Y. (2013). More than adaptation – evidence for training-induced perceptual learning of time-compressed speech. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, 4, 37–43. Retrieved from https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2013-04

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Vol. 4 (2013): Auditory Plasticity - Listening with the Brain

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2013/1. Basic perceptual studies of training, learning, and generalization

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