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ArticleEar and hearing

Effects of Reverberation on the Relation Between Compression Speed and Working Memory for Speech-in-Noise Perception.

Paul Reinhart, Pavel Zahorik, Pamela Souza

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Paul ReinhartDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Pavel ZahorikDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Pamela SouzaDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Funding

Acoustic and Perceptual Effects of WDRC AmplificationR01DC006014 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SOUZA, PAMELA E. · 2005 to 2020
$3.9M
Perceptual processing of indirect soundR01DC008168 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI ZAHORIK, PAVEL A · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
Individual Differences with WDRC Amplification in Challenging EnvironmentsF31DC015373 · NIDCD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI REINHART, PAUL NICHOLAS · 2016 to 2016
$37k
NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC015373NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC006014NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008168
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Abstract

objectivesPrevious study has suggested that when listening in modulated noise, individuals benefit from different wide dynamic range compression (WDRC) speeds depending on their working memory ability. Reverberation reduces the modulation depth of signals and may impact the relation between WDRC speed and working memory. The purpose of this study was to examine this relation across a range of reverberant conditions.

designTwenty-eight older listeners with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing impairment were recruited in the present study. Individual working memory was measured using a Reading Span test. Sentences were combined with noise at two signal to noise ratios (2 and 5 dB SNR), and reverberation was simulated at a range of reverberation times (0.00, 0.75, 1.50, and 3.00 sec). Speech intelligibility was measured in listeners when listening to the sentences processed with simulated fast-acting and slow-acting WDRC conditions.

resultsThere was a significant relation between WDRC speed and working memory with minimal or no reverberation. Consistent with previous research, this relation was such that individuals with high working memory had higher speech intelligibility with fast-acting WDRC, and individuals with low working memory performed better with slow-acting WDRC. However, at longer reverberation times, there was no relation between WDRC speed and working memory.

conclusionsConsistent with previous studies, results suggest that there is an advantage of tailoring WDRC speed based on an individual's working memory under anechoic conditions. However, the present results further suggest that there may not be such a benefit in reverberant listening environments due to reduction in signal modulation.

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Memory, Short-TermNoiseSpeech PerceptionAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansMaleMiddle AgedSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSignal-To-Noise Ratio

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PMID31025984
PMCPMC6688967

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