The factors affectng the psychometric function for speech intelligibility

Older listeners often report difficulties understanding speech in noisy environments. Increasing the level of the speech relative to the background - e.g. by way of a hearing aid - usually leads to an increase in intelligibility. The amount of perceptual benefit that can be gained from a given impro...

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Main Author: MacPherson, Alexandra
Published: University of Strathclyde 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.576437