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Consonant identification under maskers with sinusoidal modulation: masking release or modulation interference?

B J Kwon1, C W Turner

  • 1Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|August 25, 2001
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Masking release improves speech understanding with modulated maskers, but modulation interference can degrade it, especially for less redundant speech. These effects require careful consideration in auditory processing research.

Area of Science:

  • Auditory perception
  • Speech processing
  • Psychoacoustics

Background:

  • Listeners understand speech better with temporally modulated maskers than steady ones due to masking release.
  • The study explored modulation interference, where modulated maskers might hinder speech envelope processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate the impact of masker envelope modulations on consonant recognition in normal-hearing listeners.
  • Test if modulation interference in speech perception aligns with psychoacoustic modulation masking findings.
  • Examine the interplay between masking release and modulation interference.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated consonant recognition under various speech and masker modulation conditions.
  • Assessed the influence of speech signal redundancy across frequency bands.

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  • Compared observed modulation interference effects with predictions from psychoacoustic modulation masking.

    • Main Results:

    • Masking release was observed across conditions, particularly with high speech redundancy.
    • Modulation interference was evident when speech signals lacked high redundancy.
    • The observed modulation interference did not consistently match psychoacoustic modulation masking predictions.

    Conclusions:

    • Both modulation interference and masking release are crucial factors when background maskers have temporal fluctuations.
    • Applying psychoacoustic modulation masking theories directly to speech recognition requires caution due to differing outcomes.