Perceptual learning of time-compressed and natural fast speech

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2649-2659

  Adank, Patti ^a,b   Janse, Esther ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; SPEECH RATES; TRANSFER OF LEARNING; VERIFICATION TASK;

SPEECH;

EDUCATION;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449427547     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3216914     Document Type: Article

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