Abstract
The present study investigated the influence of various sources of response variability in consonant perception. A distinction was made between sourceinduced variability and receiverrelated variability. The former refers to perceptual differences induced by differences in the speech tokens and/or the masking noise tokens; the latter describes perceptual differences caused by within and acrosslistener uncertainty. Consonantvowel combinations (CVs) were presented to normalhearing listeners in white noise at six different signaltonoise ratios. The obtained responses were analyzed with respect to the considered sources of variability using a measure of the perceptual distance between responses. The largest effect was found across different CVs. For stimuli of the same phonetic identity, the speechinduced variability across and within talkers and the acrosslistener variability were substantial and of similar magnitude. Even timeshifts in the waveforms of white masking noise produced a significant effect, which was well above the withinlistener variability (the smallest effect). Two auditoryinspired models in combination with a templatematching back end were considered to predict the perceptual data. In particular, an energybased and a modulationbased approach were compared. The suitability of the two models was evaluated with respect to the sourceinduced perceptual distance and in terms of consonant recognition rates and consonant confusions. Both models captured the sourceinduced perceptual distance
remarkably well. However, the modulationbased approach showed a better agreement with the data in terms of consonant recognition and confusions. The results indicate that low-frequency modulations up to 16 Hz play a crucial role in
consonant perception.
remarkably well. However, the modulationbased approach showed a better agreement with the data in terms of consonant recognition and confusions. The results indicate that low-frequency modulations up to 16 Hz play a crucial role in
consonant perception.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Physiology, Psychoacoustics and Cognition in Normal and Impaired Hearing |
Editors | P. van Dijk, D. Başkent, E. Gaudrain, E. de Kleine, A. Wagner, C. Lanting |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 2016 |
Pages | 437-446 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-25472-2 |
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Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Series | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology |
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Volume | 894 |
ISSN | 0065-2598 |
Bibliographical note
© The Author(s) 2016.P. van Dijk et al. (eds.), Physiology, Psychoacoustics and Cognition in Normal
and Impaired Hearing, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 894,
DOI 10.1007/9783319254746_46