Effects of reverberation and masker fluctuations on binaural unmasking of speech

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1581-1591

  George, Erwin L J ^a   Festen, Joost M ^a   Theo Goverts, S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DAILY LIVES; HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; NONSTATIONARY NOISE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD; STATIONARY NOISE;

AUDITION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

REVERBERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866290287     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.4740500     Document Type: Article

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