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French listeners demonstrated better speech intelligibility and less listening effort when using French stimuli compared to English. Using a listener's native language is crucial for accurate audiology research.

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  • Audiology and Speech Sciences
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Experimental Psychology

Background:

  • Speech intelligibility and listening effort are influenced by listener characteristics and acoustic environments.
  • The language of speech stimuli can significantly impact audiological test outcomes, especially when it differs from the listener's native language.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare speech intelligibility and subjective listening effort in French listeners using both English and French versions of the Coordinate Response Measure (CRM).
  • To investigate the influence of language on auditory performance in complex acoustic environments.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty-one French listeners participated in the study.
  • Participants completed speech intelligibility and listening effort tasks under two masking conditions: speech-in-noise (energetic masking) and speech-in-speech (informational masking).
  • Performance was assessed using both English and French versions of the Coordinate Response Measure.

Main Results:

  • Significantly better speech intelligibility and reduced listening effort were observed when participants used French stimuli compared to English.
  • The language effect on performance was more pronounced under higher levels of masking in both conditions.
  • A floor effect was noted in the speech-in-speech condition at higher difficulty levels, indicating a limit to performance gains.

Conclusions:

  • Using a listener's native language for speech stimuli is essential for accurate audiological assessments.
  • Native language testing minimizes confounding variables related to language proficiency, allowing for a clearer understanding of listening conditions, intelligibility, and effort.
  • The findings underscore the importance of corpus language selection in research on auditory perception and effort.