Title
Contributions of Lexical Tone to Mandarin Sentence Recognition in Hearing-impaired Listeners Under Noisy Conditions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2019
Abstract
© 2019 Acoustical Society of America. Mandarin sentence recognition using natural-tone and flat-tone sentences was tested in 22 subjects with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and 25 listeners with normal hearing (NH) in quiet, speech-shaped noise, and two-talker-babble conditions. While little effects of flat tones on sentence recognition were seen in the NH listeners when the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was ≥0 dB, the SNHL listeners showed decreases in flat-tone-sentence recognition in quiet and at +5-dB SNR. Such declined performance was correlated with their degrees of hearing loss. Lexical tone contributes greatly to sentence recognition in hearing-impaired listeners in both quiet and in noise listening conditions.
Recommended Citation
Li, Nan; Wang, Shuo; and Wang, Xianhui, "Contributions of Lexical Tone to Mandarin Sentence Recognition in Hearing-impaired Listeners Under Noisy Conditions" (2019). Communication Sciences & Disorders Open Access Publications. 5.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/communication-studies-oapub/5