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Area of Science:

  • Auditory perception
  • Speech processing
  • Cognitive psychology

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  • Listeners categorize continuous speech signals into phonetic categories.
  • Individual differences exist in categorization consistency and discreteness.
  • The relationship between perceptual categorization, cognitive factors, and speech-in-noise (SIN) perception remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how perceptual gradiency and response consistency predict speech-in-noise (SIN) performance.
  • To examine the collective influence of perceptual factors and working memory on SIN perception.

Main Methods:

  • Listeners' perceptual gradiency and response consistency were estimated during vowel labeling tasks.
  • Working memory capacity and SIN performance were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Perceptual consistency and working memory emerged as the strongest predictors of SIN scores.
  • Perceptual consistency was more important than categoricity for understanding noise-degraded speech.

Conclusions:

  • Perceptual consistency is crucial for effective speech-in-noise perception.
  • Working memory also plays a significant role in auditory perception in noisy environments.
  • Future research should focus on perceptual consistency for improving SIN performance.