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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| author | Jin Zhang Lingli Xie Yongjun Li Monita Chatterjee Nai Ding |
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| description | 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 English-speaking environment. The recognition score for speech in quiet (which varied from 15%-92%) was found to be uncorrelated with speech recognition threshold (SRTQ/2), i.e. the SNR at which the recognition score drops to 50% of the recognition score in quiet. This result demonstrates separable contributions of language proficiency and auditory processing to speech recognition in noise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50eea4d4cfed481aa828665233a490b52022-12-22T01:55:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-01911e11338610.1371/journal.pone.0113386How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners.Jin ZhangLingli XieYongjun LiMonita ChatterjeeNai DingThis 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 English-speaking environment. The recognition score for speech in quiet (which varied from 15%-92%) was found to be uncorrelated with speech recognition threshold (SRTQ/2), i.e. the SNR at which the recognition score drops to 50% of the recognition score in quiet. This result demonstrates separable contributions of language proficiency and auditory processing to speech recognition in noise.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237440?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Jin Zhang Lingli Xie Yongjun Li Monita Chatterjee Nai Ding How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners. PLoS ONE |
| title | How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners. |
| title_full | How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners. |
| title_fullStr | How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners. |
| title_full_unstemmed | How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners. |
| title_short | How noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non-native listeners. |
| title_sort | how noise and language proficiency influence speech recognition by individual non native listeners |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4237440?pdf=render |
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