The effects of reverberant self- and overlap-masking on speech recognition in cochlear implant listeners.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Many cochlear implant (CI) listeners experience decreased speech recognition in reverberant environments [Kokkinakis et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129(5), 3221-3232 (2011)], which may be caused by a combination of self- and overlap-masking [Bolt and MacDonald, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 21(6), 577-580 (1949)]. Determining the extent to which these effects decrease speech recognition for CI listeners may influence reverberation mitigation algorithms. This study compared speech recognition with ideal self-masking mitigation, with ideal overlap-masking mitigation, and with no mitigation. Under these conditions, mitigating either self- or overlap-masking resulted in significant improvements in speech recognition for both normal hearing subjects utilizing an acoustic model and for CI listeners using their own devices.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Desmond, JM; Collins, LM; Throckmorton, CS
Published Date
- June 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 135 / 6
Start / End Page
- EL304 - EL310
PubMed ID
- 24907838
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1520-8524
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0001-4966
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1121/1.4879673
Language
- eng