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VCVs vs CVCs for stop/fricative distinctions by hearing-impaired and normal-hearing listeners.
S G Revoile1, L Kozma-Spytek, L Holden-Pitt
1Center for Auditory and Speech Sciences, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 20002.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|January 1, 1991
Summary
Hearing-impaired listeners struggle with consonant sound identification in sentences compared to extracted sounds. Normal-hearing listeners perform consistently across contexts.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Speech Perception
- Psychoacoustics
Background:
- Hearing impairment can affect speech perception.
- Distinguishing consonants is crucial for understanding spoken language.