| Presentation | 2006/3/20 Improving Speech Intelligibility for Elderly Listeners by Steady-State Suppression(POSTER SESSION) Kei KOBAYASHI, Yukari HATTA, Keiichi YASU, Shinji MINAMIHATA, Nao HODOSHIMA, Takayuki ARAI, Mitsuko SHINDO, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Many individuals experience some degree of hearing loss as they age. In previous studies, Arai et al. (2001, 2002) reported that steady-state suppression of speech improves speech intelligibility in reverberant environments. Steady-state portions are defined as those having more energy, but which are less crucial for speech perception. Kobayashi et al. (2005) confirmed the possibility of consonant enhancement for improved intelligibility when using a hearing aid and the results indicated that intelligibility of a monosyllable was improved with significant difference for 50 elderly listeners. In the present study, we also investigated whether intelligibility of words and monosyllables in speech and intelligibility of monosyllables co-occurring with stationary noise was improved for 23 elderly listeners by consonant enhancement using the steady-state suppression. The results indicated that the intelligibility of a monosyllable in speech was improved in individuals with hearing impairment and the intelligibility of a word might be relatively effective to the degradation of their hearing levels. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Speech Intelligibility / Consonant enhancement / Hearing impairment / Steady-state suppression / Elderly people / Hearing aid |
| Paper # | SP2005-168 |
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| Conference Date | 2006/3/20(1days) |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | Improving Speech Intelligibility for Elderly Listeners by Steady-State Suppression(POSTER SESSION) |
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| Keyword(1) | Speech Intelligibility |
| Keyword(2) | Consonant enhancement |
| Keyword(3) | Hearing impairment |
| Keyword(4) | Steady-state suppression |
| Keyword(5) | Elderly people |
| Keyword(6) | Hearing aid |
| 1st Author's Name | Kei KOBAYASHI |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Department of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Sophia University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yukari HATTA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Department of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Sophia University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Keiichi YASU |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Department of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Sophia University |
| 4th Author's Name | Shinji MINAMIHATA |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Department of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Sophia University |
| 5th Author's Name | Nao HODOSHIMA |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Department of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Sophia University |
| 6th Author's Name | Takayuki ARAI |
| 6th Author's Affiliation | Department of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Sophia University |
| 7th Author's Name | Mitsuko SHINDO |
| 7th Author's Affiliation | Research Center for Communication Disorders, Sophia University |
| Date | 2006/3/20 |
| Paper # | SP2005-168 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.105 |
| Number (no) | 685 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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