Comprehension of Familiar and Unfamiliar Native Accents Under Adverse Listening Conditions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 520-529

  Adank, Patti ^a   Evans, Bronwen G ^b   Stuart Smith, Jane ^c   Scott, Sophie K ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Cognitive

Author keywords

adverse listening conditions; native accents; nonnative accents; speech comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449147103     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013552     Document Type: Article

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