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ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2020

Tonal Language Speakers Are Better Able to Segregate Competing Speech According to Talker Sex Differences.

Juan Zhang, Xing Wang, Ning-Yu Wang, Xin Fu, Tian Gan, John J Galvin, Shelby Willis, Kevin Xu, Mathew Thomas, Qian-Jie Fu

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Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Juan ZhangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
Xing WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
Ning-Yu WangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
Xin FuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
Tian GanDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China.
John J GalvinHouse Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Shelby WillisDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Kevin XuDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Mathew ThomasDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Qian-Jie FuDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.

Funding

Frequency mismatch and spectral integration in acoustic and electric hearingR01DC017738 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI FU, QIAN-JIE · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Integration of acoustic and electric hearing within or across earsR01DC016883 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI FU, QIAN-JIE · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016883NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare release from masking (RM) between Mandarin-speaking and English-speaking listeners with normal hearing for competing speech when target-masker sex cues, spatial cues, or both were available. Method Speech recognition thresholds (SRTs) for competing speech were measured in 21 Mandarin-speaking and 15 English-speaking adults with normal hearing using a modified coordinate response measure task. SRTs were measured for target sentences produced by a male talker in the presence of two masker talkers (different male talkers or female talkers). The target sentence was always presented directly in front of the listener, and the maskers were either colocated with the target or were spatially separated from the target (+90°, -90°). Stimuli were presented via headphones and were virtually spatialized using head-related transfer functions. Three masker conditions were used to measure RM relative to the baseline condition: (a) talker sex cues, (b) spatial cues, or (c) combined talker sex and spatial cues. Results The results showed large amounts of RM according to talker sex and/or spatial cues. There was no significant difference in SRTs between Chinese and English listeners for the baseline condition, where no talker sex or spatial cues were available. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in RM between Chinese and English listeners when spatial cues were available. However, RM was significantly larger for Chinese listeners when talker sex cues or combined talker sex and spatial cues were available. Conclusion Listeners who speak a tonal language such as Mandarin Chinese may be able to take greater advantage of talker sex cues than listeners who do not speak a tonal language.

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SpeechSpeech PerceptionAdultFemaleHumansLanguageMalePerceptual MaskingSex Characteristics

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PMID32692939
PMCPMC7872724

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