Evaluating speech-in-speech perception via a humanoid robot.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Underlying mechanisms of speech perception masked by background speakers, a common daily listening condition, are often investigated using various and lengthy psychophysical tests. The presence of a social agent, such as an interactive humanoid NAO robot, may help maintain engagement and attention. However, such robots potentially have limited sound quality or processing speed.

Methods

As a first step toward the use of NAO in psychophysical testing of speech- in-speech perception, we compared normal-hearing young adults' performance when using the standard computer interface to that when using a NAO robot to introduce the test and present all corresponding stimuli. Target sentences were presented with colour and number keywords in the presence of competing maske

SUBMITTER: Meyer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884269 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature