TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Repeated Listening Experiences on the Intelligibility of Synthesized Speech
AU - McNaughton, David
AU - Fallon, Karen
AU - Tod, Julie
AU - Weiner, Frederick
AU - Neisworth, John
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by a Student-Initiated Grant from the United States Department of Education, #HO32B10039. However, no official endorsement by that agency of the views expressed in this manuscript should be inferred.
PY - 1994/1
Y1 - 1994/1
N2 - Two studies (one with child subjects, one with adult subjects) were conducted to investigate the effect of the following variables on the intelligibility of synthesized speech: synthesizer (DECtalk child's voice vs. Echo II+); repeated listening experiences (five sessions); and vocabulary type (novel vs. repeated). The pattern of findings was similar for the two studies: intelligibility scores were significantly higher for the DECtalk than for the Echo; repeated listening experiences resulted in significantly improved scores for both novel and repeated vocabulary; and, in sessions 2 to 5, repeated vocabulary was more intelligible than novel vocabulary. The results provide evidence that repeated listening experiences result in improved performance for both children and adults. Children and adults not only remember and recognize words that they have heard previously (repeated vocabulary), but repeated exposure to synthesized speech also improves performance on words heard for the first time (novel vocabulary).
AB - Two studies (one with child subjects, one with adult subjects) were conducted to investigate the effect of the following variables on the intelligibility of synthesized speech: synthesizer (DECtalk child's voice vs. Echo II+); repeated listening experiences (five sessions); and vocabulary type (novel vs. repeated). The pattern of findings was similar for the two studies: intelligibility scores were significantly higher for the DECtalk than for the Echo; repeated listening experiences resulted in significantly improved scores for both novel and repeated vocabulary; and, in sessions 2 to 5, repeated vocabulary was more intelligible than novel vocabulary. The results provide evidence that repeated listening experiences result in improved performance for both children and adults. Children and adults not only remember and recognize words that they have heard previously (repeated vocabulary), but repeated exposure to synthesized speech also improves performance on words heard for the first time (novel vocabulary).
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U2 - 10.1080/07434619412331276870
DO - 10.1080/07434619412331276870
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961460487
SN - 0743-4618
VL - 10
SP - 161
EP - 168
JO - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
JF - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
IS - 3
ER -