Modeling speech intelligibility in quiet and noise in listeners with normal and impaired hearing

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1570-1583

  Rhebergen, Koenraad S ^a   Lyzenga, Johannes ^b   Dreschler, Wouter A ^a   Festen, Joost M ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION METHODS; COCHLEAR COMPRESSION; EXCITATION LEVELS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; LOUDNESS MODELS; NORMAL HEARING; SENTENCE INTELLIGIBILITY; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY INDEX; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD; STATIONARY NOISE;

AUDITION;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCHLEA; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYACUSIS; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NOISE; PRESBYCUSIS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950410618     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3291000     Document Type: Article

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