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The effect of type and level of noise on long-term average speech spectrum (LTASS)劉淑, Lau, Suk-han. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Speech and Hearing Sciences / Master / Master of Science in Audiology
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Fatores intervenientes na relação entre audibilidade de sons de fala e desenvolvimento de linguagem oral / Factors intervening the relationship between audibility of speech sounds and oral language developmentDeperon, Tatiana Medeiros 27 February 2018 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2018-02-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Introduction: The child's auditory experiences are influenced by the audibility of
speech sounds. These experiences are modified by hearing loss, thereby altering
developmental opportunities. Audibility, which can be measured by SII, has been
shown to be a necessary condition for language development, since it allows access
to the linguistic input. Several factors influence the development of these children
and will moderate the relationship between their hearing loss and the results that
each child will achieve. Vocabulary development has been shown to be a good
indicator of language development. On this perspective, considering that audibility for
speech sounds may not be sufficient for the development of oral language, it is
necessary to analyze how these factors can interfere in the course and in ways to
develop processes that facilitate rehabilitation. Objective: To identify the factors
related to the development of oral language when audibility was established for
speech sounds in hearing impaired children using who are hearing aid (HA) users.
Methods: Sixty-five children aged 6 to 17 years old, HA users and based in the state
of São Paulo, were evaluated for their receptive vocabulary performance (PPVT-4)
and the relation to the following aspects: socioeconomic status, maternal education
level, speech-language therapy, etiology, risk factors for hearing loss, age at
diagnosis and intervention, use of the device, hearing and language categories,
speech perception and audibility. Results: Within the population analyzed, audibility
did not determine vocabulary performance. The variables: socioeconomic level,
etiology, number of risk factors for hearing impairment, device usage and speech
perception interfered in vocabulary performance. It was also verified that the chance
of belonging to the group which scored greater vocabulary performance gets 84%
smaller upon the increase of 1 risk factor, but increases in 55% when using the
device for one extra hour per day. By relating chronological age and age equivalent
in vocabulary performance, it was noted that the difference between the two indexes
increases as subjects move away from the normal curve. It was observed that
audibility tends to be higher in the group with higher vocabulary performance, and
decreases with distance. In the group with good audibility and poor performance, late
diagnosis and intervention and inconsistent device use may have been responsible
for below-expected vocabulary performance. Conclusions: Factors such as: early
diagnosis and intervention, device use, audibility and speech therapy are essential
for language development. However, none of them stand-alone is sufficient to make
this development happen, and aspects such as early diagnosis and intervention,
device use, audibility and speech therapy are also fundamental for the language
development to occur / dos sons de fala. Essas experiências são modificadas pela perda de audição,
alterando consequentemente as oportunidades de desenvolvimento. A audibilidade,
que pode ser medida pelo SII, tem se mostrado como uma condição necessária para
o desenvolvimento de linguagem, pois permite o acesso ao input linguístico.
Diversas variáveis influenciam o desenvolvimento destas crianças e irão moderar a
relação entre a perda de audição e os resultados que cada criança vai alcançar. O
desenvolvimento de vocabulário tem se mostrado um bom indicador do
desenvolvimento de linguagem. Nesta perspectiva, considerando que a audibilidade
para sons de fala pode não ser suficiente para o desenvolvimento da linguagem oral,
cabe analisar quais e como estas variáveis podem interferir no percurso e
desenvolver processos facilitadores na reabilitação. Objetivo: identificar os fatores
relacionados ao desenvolvimento de linguagem oral quando estabelecida a
audibilidade para sons de fala em crianças com deficiência auditiva usuárias de
aparelho de amplificação sonora individual (AASI). Método: foram avaliadas 65
crianças entre 6 e 17 anos, usuárias de AASI de um centro de saúde auditiva no
estado de São Paulo, quanto ao desempenho de vocabulário receptivo (PPVT-4) e
sua relação com seguintes aspectos: nível socioeconômico, escolaridade materna,
terapia fonoaudiológica, etiologia, fatores de risco para deficiência auditiva, idade no
diagnóstico e na intervenção, uso do dispositivo, categorias de audição e linguagem,
percepção de fala e audibilidade. Resultados: para a população estudada, a
audibilidade não determinou o desempenho do vocabulário. As variáveis: nível
socioeconômico, etiologia, número de fatores de risco para deficiência auditiva, uso
do dispositivo e percepção de fala interferiram no desempenho de vocabulário.
Verificou-se ainda que a chance de pertencer ao grupo com melhor desempenho de
vocabulário fica 84% menor com o aumento de um fator de risco para deficiência, e
aumenta 55% com o aumento de 1 hora/dia no uso do dispositivo. Ao relacionar a
idade cronológica e a idade equivalente no desempenho de vocabulário, notou-se
que a diferença entre os dois índices aumenta à medida que os sujeitos se afastam
da curva de normalidade. Observou-se que a audibilidade tende a ser maior no
grupo com desempenho de vocabulário superior, e diminui com a distância. No
grupo com boa audibilidade e desempenho insatisfatório, o diagnóstico e
intervenção tardios e uso inconsistente do dispositivo podem ter sido responsáveis
pelo desempenho de vocabulário abaixo do esperado. Conclusões: fatores como:
diagnóstico e intervenção precoces, uso do dispositivo, audibilidade e terapia
fonoaudiológica são essenciais para o desenvolvimento de audição e linguagem.
Entretanto, nenhum deles isoladamente é suficiente para ocasionar este
desenvolvimento, e aspectos como: diagnóstico e intervenção precoces, uso do
dispositivo, audibilidade e terapia fonoaudiológica também são fundamentais para
que o desenvolvimento de audição e linguagem ocorra
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The benefits of clear speech at normal rates for older adults with normal hearingPanagiotopoulos, Athina Panagos 01 January 2005 (has links)
Clear speech is a type of speaking style that improves speech intelligibility for many individuals. For example, one study showed a 17 percentage point increase in intelligibility over conversational speech for individuals with sensorineural hearing loss (Picheny et al., 1985). The clear speech benefit also extends to children with learning disabilities (Bradlow et al., 2003), non-native listeners (Bradlow and Bent, 2002), and other populations. Although clear speech is typically slower than conversational speech, it can be produced, naturally, at normal rates with training. For young listeners with normal hearing, clear speech at normal rates (clear/normal) is more intelligible than conversational speech (conv/normal) and is almost as beneficial as clear speech at slow rates (clear/slow) (Krause and Braida, 2002).
However, a preliminary study by Krause (2001), found that clear/normal speech may benefit some older listeners with hearing loss but not others, suggesting that age may be a factor in the clear speech benefit at normal rates. It is evident, though, that clear speech at slow rates benefits this population (Picheny et al., 1985; Payton et al., 1994; Schum, 1996; Helfer, 1998). Therefore, the purpose of the study was to examine older listeners with normal hearing to determine how speech intelligibility, measured by % correct keyword scores, varies with speaking mode, speaking rate, talker and listener. Results were then compared to previously collected data from younger listeners with normal hearing (Krause and Braida, 2002) in order to isolate the effect of age on the size of clear speech benefit at slow and normal speaking rates.Eight adults (ages 55-68) with normal hearing participated in speech intelligibility tests.
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Influence of acoustic environment on the perception of audible information / Akustinės aplinkos įtaka girdimosios informacijos signalų suvokimuiVasiliauskas, Gediminas 07 November 2012 (has links)
The object of the study. Short impulse acoustic signals in the frequency range from 500 to 4000 Hz and intensity from 30 to 85 dB. The aim of the study. To estimate and assess the quality of the speech and acoustic signals from the perspective of various background noises of different frequency spectra. The tasks of the study: 1. To evaluate the effects of noise of various intensity on identification of short impulse signals and speech intelligibility in noise; 2. To analyse the audibility of signals in the frequency range of verbal communication (500–4000 Hz) in noise of various intensity and frequency content and to determine the characteristics of signals to be identified in noise; 3. To determine the influence of signals’ duration to the quality of its qualitative subjective identification; 4. To assess the masking effects of the background noise on speech and other informative signals under the combinations if different intensity. Practical value. The data obtained and method developed can be used for the assessment of the acoustic signals in noise. The method is also applicable to the description of background noise from the perspective of verbal communication. Such methodology and results can be adopted for the quality prognostication of audible information and its loss in various background noises of different spectral pattern. / Temos aktualumas. Triukšmo poveikis darbo aplinkoje dažnai siejamas su dirbančiųjų produktyvumo mažėjimu, o triukšmingoje aplinkoje neišgirsti arba neadekvačiai išgirsti akustiniai signalai dažnai būna mašinų trikčių ar traumų darbe pasekmė. Šie pavyzdžiai aiškiai rodo būtinybę spręsti problemas, susietas su girdimosios informacijos sklaida ir kokybe triukšmingoje aplinkoje. Įspėjamųjų ar pavojaus signalų darbo aplinkoje naudojimas standartizuotas ir dažniausiai sprendžiamas energiniu požiūriu, t. y. teikiant ženkliai didesnio intensyvumo akustinius signalus. Šių signalų girdimumas vidutinio intensyvumo triukšmingoje aplinkoje keblumų nesukelia, tačiau realiomis sąlygomis tokios aplinkybės retai pasitaikančios. Daugelyje mokslinių darbų, nagrinėjant garsinės informacijos kokybės klausimus, keliamos tik visiško arba pakankamo suprantamumo problemos, tačiau praktikoje svarbus dalinis šių signalų suvokimas (egzistavimo fakto nustatymas), kuris tyrinėtas menkai. Šiame darbe tiriami ir nagrinėjami reiškiniai, turintys įtakos akustinių garsų girdimumui triukšmingoje aplinkoje bei girdimumą sąlygojančios aplinkybės o taip pat siūlomi sprendimai garsinės informacijos kokybės sistemoje „žmogus – mašina – aplinka“ patikimumo didinimui.
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Changes Observed in Persons with Parkinson's Disease Pre- and Post- Voice Choral Singing TherapyChan, Sable J Unknown Date
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Objective determination of vowel intelligibility of a cochlear implant modelVan Zyl, Joe. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M.Eng.(Bio-Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Summaries in Afrikaans and English. Includes bibliographical references.
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Proposta de metodologia de avaliação de voz sintética com ênfase no ambiente educacional / Methodology for evaluation of synthetic speech emphasizing the educational environmentLeite, Harlei Miguel de Arruda, 1989- 06 September 2014 (has links)
Orientador: Dalton Soares Arantes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T15:09:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
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Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A principal contribuição desta dissertação é a proposta de uma metodologia de avaliação de voz sintetizada. O método consiste em um conjunto de etapas que buscam auxiliar o avaliador nas etapas de planejamento, aplicação e análise dos dados coletados. O método foi originalmente desenvolvido para avaliar um conjunto de vozes sintetizadas para encontrar a voz que melhor se adapta a ambientes de educação a distância usando avatares. Também foram estudadas as relações entre inteligibilidade, compreensibilidade e naturalidade a fim conhecer os fatores a serem considerados para aprimorar os sintetizadores de fala. Esta dissertação também apresenta os principais métodos de avaliação encontrados na literatura e o princípio de funcionamento dos sistemas TTS / Abstract: This thesis proposes, as main contribution, a new synthesized voice evaluation methodology. The method consists of a set of steps that seek to assist the assessor in the stages of planning, implementation and analysis of data collected. The method was originally developed to evaluate a set of synthesized voices to find the voice that best fits the environments for distance education using avatars. Relations between intelligibility, comprehensibility and naturalness were studied in order to know the factors to be considered to enhance the speech synthesizers. This thesis also presents the main evaluation methods in the literature and how TTS (Text-to-Speech) systems work / Mestrado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica
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Role of Therapeutic Devices in Enhancing Speech Intelligibility and Vocal Intensity in an Individual with Parkinson’s DiseaseSwaminathan, Swetha 15 August 2012 (has links) (PDF)
The prevailing speech therapy techniques for treating hypokinetic dysarthria in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) yields improvements within the clinical setting, however, maintenance and generalization of acquired behaviors continue to be a challenge. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of portable therapeutic devices including Ambulatory Phonation Monitor with biofeedback (APM) and auditory masker in maintenance and carryover of improved speech. Our participant was an individual diagnosed with PD for the past 25 years who continued to display speech disturbances despite undergoing several behavioral speech therapy programs and neurosurgical procedures. Speech intelligibility and average intensity measures under automatic, elicited, and spontaneous speech tasks were recorded pre- and postusage of APM and auditory masker for a period of 1 week each. Preliminary findings showed no significant difference in the measures between means (P>0.05) across all tasks for both the devices. Suggestions for future research on therapeutic devices are discussed.
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Audiovisual integration for perception of speech produced by nonnative speakersYi, Han-Gyol 12 September 2014 (has links)
Speech often occurs in challenging listening environments, such as masking noise. Visual cues have been found to enhance speech intelligibility in noise. Although the facilitatory role of audiovisual integration for perception of speech has been established in native speech, it is relatively unclear whether it also holds true for speech produced by nonnative speakers. Native listeners were presented with English sentences produced by native English and native Korean speakers. The sentences were in either audio-only or audiovisual conditions. Korean speakers were rated as more accented in audiovisual than in the audio-only condition. Visual cues enhanced speech intelligibility in noise for native English speech but less so for nonnative speech. Reduced intelligibility of audiovisual nonnative speech was associated with implicit Asian-Foreign association, suggesting that listener-related factors partially influence the efficiency of audiovisual integration for perception of speech produced by nonnative speakers. / text
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Audição e inteligibilidade da fala de crianças após 10 anos da cirurgia de implante coclear / Audition and speech intelligibility in children after ten years of cochlear implant surgeryTanamati, Liège Franzini 09 January 2012 (has links)
As habilidades comunicativas de crianças portadoras de deficiência auditiva (DA) pré-lingual, submetidas à cirurgia do implante coclear (IC) desenvolvem-se ao longo dos anos de uso do dispositivo. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar o desempenho alcançado por adolescentes e jovens adultos com, no mínimo, dez anos de experiência com o IC, em relação à audição e à inteligibilidade de fala e, considerando o tipo de DA, o tempo de privação sensorial auditiva e o tipo de dispositivo. Participaram deste estudo, 61 adolescentes e jovens adultos portadores de DA pré-lingual, que receberam diferentes tipos de IC em média, aos 3 anos e 10 meses de idade. Reconhecimento da lista de palavras dissílabas, Teste Hint adaptativo e reconhecimento das sentenças Hint no silêncio e no ruído foram os procedimentos utilizados para avaliar o desempenho de audição. A inteligibilidade da fala dos participantes foi avaliada por dois julgadores sem experiência com deficientes auditivos, usando o método de transcrição e a escala de inteligibilidade de 5 pontos. Após 10 anos de experiência com o IC, 53 participantes (86,9%) alcançaram habilidade de reconhecimento auditivo em conjunto aberto. Os resultados médios obtidos na lista de palavras dissílabas foram de 49,4%; teste Hint adaptativo, a média dos resultados no silêncio foi igual a 54,7dB e, no ruído, 10,7 dB e; os valores médios de porcentagem nas sentenças Hint no silêncio 54% e no ruído, 33,3%. Quanto à inteligibilidade de fala dos participantes, a média de acertos no método de transcrição foi igual a 76,2%. Na escala de inteligibilidade, a pontuação média correspondeu a 3,3 pontos. Melhores desempenhos de audição no silêncio e no ruído foram correlacionados ao menor tempo de privação sensorial auditiva. Foi observada correlação entre o tipo de dispositivo utilizado e: o desempenho de audição no ruído e o desempenho de inteligibilidade da fala. Usuários do dispositivo Nucleus 24 e Med-El apresentaram melhor desempenho de audição e de inteligibilidade de fala do que os usuários Nucleus 22. Mais de 10 anos após a cirurgia de IC, 82% das crianças implantadas com as primeiras gerações do dispositivo eletrônico desenvolveram habilidade de reconhecimento auditivo no ruído e 90,1% alcançaram fala inteligível. O desempenho de audição e de inteligibilidade de fala dos participantes foi influenciado pelo tempo de privação sensorial auditiva e pelo tipo de dispositivo eletrônico. Considerando os critérios contemporâneos de indicação cirúrgica em associação as novas estratégias de codificação de fala disponíveis nos dispositivos eletrônicos da atualidade, resultados promissores são esperados para a nova geração de crianças submetidas ao IC / The communication skills of prelingually deafened children, underwent cochlear implant (CI) surgery, develop over the years of device use. The aim of this work was to study the performance achieved by teenagers and young adults with at least ten years of IC experience with regard to speech perception and speech intelligibility and, considering the type of hearing loss, duration of deafness, and type of device. Participated of this study, 61 teenagers and young adults prelingually deafened, who received different types of CI, on average at 3 years and 10 months of age. Recognition of two-syllable word list, test Hint and recognition of Hint sentence in quiet and noise were the procedures used to evaluate the hearing performance. The speech intelligibility of the participants was evaluated by two judges, using the writedown intelligibility method and a 5-points intelligibility rating-scale. After 10 years of experience with CI, 53 participants (86,9%) achieved open-set speech recognition. The average results obtained in the two-syllable word list were 49, 4%; in the test Hint in quiet, the average results were 54,7 dB in quiet and 10,7 dB in noise and; the mean percentage of Hint sentences in quiet was 54% and in noise, 33,3%. Regarding the speech intelligibility of the participants, the average write-down intelligibility score was 76,2% and the average rating-scale intelligibility score was 3,3 points. Better speech performances in quiet and in noise were correlated with shorter duration of deafness. Correlation was found between the type of device and: the speech perception in noise and the speech intelligibility. Nucleus 24 and Med-El device users performed better than Nucleus 22 users with regard to speech perception in noise and speech intelligibility. More than 10 years after the CI surgery, 82% of children implanted with the first generation of the electronic device developed speech recognition in noise and 90,1% achieved intelligible speech. Speech perception and speech intelligibility of the participants, both were influenced by duration of deafness and type of electronic device. Considering the contemporary criteria of surgical indication in association with the new speech coding strategies available, promising results were expected for the new generation of children underwent to CI
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