Consonant identification rates were measured for vowel-consonant-vowel tokens gated with
N-talker babble noise and babble-modulated noise for an extensive range of N⁠, at a fixed …

It is beneficial for students to experience situational learning, especially for English as a
foreign language (EFL) learning. Providing more listening and speaking opportunities could …

This study investigated acoustic-phonetic correlates of intelligibility for adult and child
talkers, and whether the relative intelligibility of different talkers was dependent on listener …

Talker and listener sex in speech processing has been largely unknown and under-
appreciated to this point, with many studies overlooking the possible influences. In the …

Objective: To investigate the effects of wearing a simulated mask on speech perception of
normal-hearing subjects. Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: University …

The present study investigated changes in cortical oxygenation during mental arithmetic
using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Twenty-nine male volunteers were examined …

When two persons communicate through spoken language, thoughts that enter into the mind
of the speaker first have to be expressed in terms of the vocabulary and grammatical …

The majority of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience both prosodic changes
(reduced vocal volume, reduced pitch range) and articulatory changes (imprecise …

Objectives: Little is known about the influence of vocal emotions on speech understanding.
Word recognition accuracy for stimuli spoken to portray seven emotions (anger, disgust, fear …

Objectives: The link between memory ability and speech recognition accuracy is often
examined by correlating summary measures of performance across various tasks, but …