Journal of Phonetics & Audiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2471-9455
ISSN: 2471-9455
Noah Eggebraaten
Tanzania
Research Article
Effects of Stress, Stop Release, and Familiarization on Speech Recognition Thresholds
Author(s): Noah Eggebraaten and Youkyung BaeNoah Eggebraaten and Youkyung Bae
Objective: This study examined outcomes of common procedural variations of speech recognition threshold (SRT) testing, specifically related to the effects of equal syllable stress, word-final stop consonant release, and prior-familiarization, with the participants’ language status taken into account. Methods: SRTs were obtained from 40 adults with normal hearing. Twenty participants received prior-familiarization with the spondee list and the other 20 received no prior-familiarization. Repeated SRT tests were administered using three different recordings which varied in syllable stress and word-final stop release patterns. Results: The group with prior-familiarization demonstrated a threshold that was significantly lower than the group without prior-familiarization, by approximately 5 dB HL. Despite the statistically.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2471-9455.1000123