effects of replay on intelligibility (Gaston Hilkhuysen )


Subject: effects of replay on intelligibility
From:    Gaston Hilkhuysen  <ghilkhuysen@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Fri, 20 May 2011 15:19:12 +0000
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--_73596ce9-42ab-47e6-b620-c5b822b55d6c_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear list=2C =20 In most speech intelligibility studies that use open response sets=2C subje= cts listen only once to a particular stimulus. During daily communication= =2C the utterance and the concurrent noise are rarely fixed hence presentin= g a stimulus only once seems a highly relevant approach to speech perceptio= n. However in forensic applications one tends to have recordings of the dis= torted speech=2C hence the possibility for replay. I am wondering whether a= nyone ever looked at the effects of replay on speech intelligibility. Does = it help to replay the same speech fragment over and over again? If yes=2C w= hen does this effect saturate? Are listeners able to judge when additional = replay no longer improves intelligibility=2C or do they merely become more = convinced in their (possibly erroneous) responses? =20 Your ideas=2C remarks and in particular references are warmly appreciated. =20 Yours=2C =20 -Gaston. = --_73596ce9-42ab-47e6-b620-c5b822b55d6c_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"T= imes New Roman">Dear list=2C</FONT></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = =3D o ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT size=3D= 3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp=3B</FONT></o:p></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"= >In most speech intelligibility studies that use open response sets=2C subj= ects listen only once to a particular stimulus. During daily communication= =2C the utterance and the concurrent noise are rarely fixed hence presentin= g a stimulus only once seems a highly relevant approach to speech perceptio= n. However in forensic applications one tends to have recordings of the dis= torted speech=2C hence the possibility for replay. I am wondering whether a= nyone ever looked at the effects of replay on speech intelligibility. Does = it help to replay the same speech fragment over and over again? If yes=2C w= hen does this effect saturate? Are listeners able to judge when additional = replay no longer improves intelligibility=2C or do they merely become more = convinced in their (possibly erroneous) responses?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>= </SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><o:p><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">= &nbsp=3B</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"= >Your ideas=2C remarks and in particular references are warmly appreciated.= <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><o:p><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">= &nbsp=3B</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"= >Yours=2C<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><o:p><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">= &nbsp=3B</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"= >-Gaston.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P> <P style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"mso-ansi-= language: EN-GB" lang=3DEN-GB><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size= =3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman">&nbsp=3B</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P> = </body> </html>= --_73596ce9-42ab-47e6-b620-c5b822b55d6c_--


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