Does Time Compression Decrease Intelligibility for Female Talkers More Than for Male Talkers?

ABSTRACT: Purpose This preliminary investigation compared effects of time compression on intelligibility for male versus female talkers. We hypothesized that time compression would have a greater effect for female talkers. Method Sentence materials from four talkers (two males) were time compressed, and original-speed and time-compressed speech materials were presented in a background of 12-talker babble to young adult listeners with normal hearing. Each talker/processing condition was heard by eight listeners (total N = 64). Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to determine the effects of and interaction between processing condition and talker sex on keyword intelligibility. Additional post hoc analyses examined whether processing condition effects were related to talker vowel s

SUBMITTER: Johnson EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242980 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature