The Effects of Noise on Speech Intelligibility and Complex Cognitive Performance

A human factors experiment was conducted to assess whether a reduction in noise at the ear would cause an improvement in speech intelligibility, an improvement in cognitive performance, and/or a reduction in subjective mental workload. Modified Rhyme Test (MRT) stimuli were used to determine intel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Urquhart, Ryan L.
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27111
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04222002-143554/