This chapter focuses on the characteristics and effectiveness of clear speech (CS) aimed at
enhancing intelligibility for adult interlocutors with perceptual difficulties arising from hearing …

There is a long-standing tradition to assess hearing-aid benefits using lab-based speech
intelligibility tests. Towards a more everyday-like scenario, the current study investigated the …

Background More than half of Chinese older adults over 60 are suffering from hearing loss,
which might increase the risk of depression. Outdoor activity engagement is a key factor to …

When attempting to maintain conversations in noisy communicative settings, talkers typically
modify their speech to make themselves understood by the listener. In this study, we …

In this overview we describe literature on how speech production and speech perception
change in healthy or normal aging across the adult lifespan. In the production section we …

Clear speech is a style that speakers adopt when talking with listeners whom these
speakers anticipate may have a problem understanding speech. This study examines …

Past research suggests that older adults expend more cognitive resources when processing
visual speech than younger adults. If so, given resource limitations, older adults may not get …

The purpose of this study was to assess the speaker-discriminatory potential of a set of
speech timing parameters while probing their suitability for forensic speaker comparison …

Understanding speech in a noisy environment is crucial in day-to-day interactions and yet
becomes more challenging with age, even for healthy aging. Age-related changes in the …

This study aims to systematically review original articles investigating the link between
spectral acoustic measures in healthy talkers and perceived speech intelligibility, according …