Phonetic and lexical interferences in informational masking during speech-in-speech comprehension

Speech Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 905-916

  Hoen, Michel ^a,b   Meunier, Fanny ^a   Grataloup, Claire Léonie ^a   Pellegrino, François ^a   Grimault, Nicolas ^b   Perrin, Fabien ^b   Perrot, Xavier ^b   Collet, Lionel ^b  

^a Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cocktail party; Energetic masking; Informational masking; Lexical competition; Speech in speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LINGUISTICS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

COCKTAIL PARTY; ENERGETIC MASKING; INFORMATIONAL MASKING; LEXICAL COMPETITION;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 34748887201     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.specom.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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