Effect of background noise on perception of English speech for Japanese listeners

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-125

  Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Makishima, Kazumi ^a   Yoshida, Masafumi ^a   Yamagishi, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

English; Japanese; Noise; Non native; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONSONANT; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONEME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE NOISE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036130166     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(01)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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