Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels

The role of spectral enhancement in identification of Polish vowels is investigated in this study. Identification scores of natural (unprocessed) vowels (Experiment 1) and spectrally enhanced vowels (Experiment 2) were measured for normal-hearing subjects (NHS) and for subjects with hearing impairme...

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Main Author: Edward OZIMEK
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences 2014-04-01
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Online Access:https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/710
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description The role of spectral enhancement in identification of Polish vowels is investigated in this study. Identification scores of natural (unprocessed) vowels (Experiment 1) and spectrally enhanced vowels (Experiment 2) were measured for normal-hearing subjects (NHS) and for subjects with hearing impairment of cochlear origin (HIS). The NHS group demonstrated almost 100% vowel-identification scores for natural vowels. Instead, for the HIS group, an overall average identification scores were 85% for natural vowels, 96% for spectrally enhanced vowels. It has been shown that the spectral enhancement applied has improved the average identification score for subjects with sensorineural hearing losses. However, the degree of improvement clearly depended on the subjects, the type of vowel, and the talker.
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spelling doaj-art-217cf5a305454674b45f54f6abc5ef802025-08-20T03:50:45ZengInstitute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of SciencesArchives of Acoustics0137-50752300-262X2014-04-01323Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowelsEdward OZIMEK0Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of AcousticThe role of spectral enhancement in identification of Polish vowels is investigated in this study. Identification scores of natural (unprocessed) vowels (Experiment 1) and spectrally enhanced vowels (Experiment 2) were measured for normal-hearing subjects (NHS) and for subjects with hearing impairment of cochlear origin (HIS). The NHS group demonstrated almost 100% vowel-identification scores for natural vowels. Instead, for the HIS group, an overall average identification scores were 85% for natural vowels, 96% for spectrally enhanced vowels. It has been shown that the spectral enhancement applied has improved the average identification score for subjects with sensorineural hearing losses. However, the degree of improvement clearly depended on the subjects, the type of vowel, and the talker.https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/710spectral enhancementPolish vowelsidentification score
spellingShingle Edward OZIMEK
Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels
Archives of Acoustics
spectral enhancement
Polish vowels
identification score
title Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels
title_full Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels
title_fullStr Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels
title_full_unstemmed Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels
title_short Identification of spectrally enhanced Polish vowels
title_sort identification of spectrally enhanced polish vowels
topic spectral enhancement
Polish vowels
identification score
url https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/710
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