How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners.

This study investigated how speech recognition in noise is affected by language proficiency for individual non-native speakers. The recognition of English and Chinese sentences was measured as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in sixty native Chinese speakers who never lived in an Englis...

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Main Authors: Jin Zhang, Lingli Xie, Yongjun Li, Monita Chatterjee, Nai Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237440?pdf=render