scholarly journals Native and Non-Native Listeners Perceptual Judgement of English Accentedness, Intelligibility, and Acceptability of Indonesian Speakers

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Syifa' Khuriyatuz Zahro
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Correlation Test ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Accented Speech ◽  
Perceptual Judgement ◽  
Noise Test ◽  
Nonnative Listeners

This research aimed at investigating the extent of accentedness and intelligibility as well as the acceptability of Indonesian foreign-accented speech perceived by native and non-native listeners, as well as finding their correlation to each other. It used qualitative research. The participant of the research was selected using purposive sampling. The participants were divided into speakers and listeners. There are six speakers and four listeners selected. The four listeners were native and nonnative listeners who rated and transcribed six recorded reading of Indonesian speakers by means of SPIN (Speech Perception in Noise) test. The results show that native listeners rate the speech almost the same way as non-native listeners do. The speeches with clear and accurate pronunciation are rated highly accepted and fully intelligible, regardless of having a very strong accent. In contrast, less clear and accurate pronunciations, as well as a very strong accent of the speeches, are rated unacceptable and still reasonably intelligible. The result of the correlation test between accentedness and intelligibility as well as accentedness and acceptability of the accent finds on no account of correlation to each other. Therefore, accentedness and intelligibility plus accentedness and acceptability of the accent are independent, so that strong foreign accent could stay acceptable and intelligible. The factors found to influence the judgment are the familiarity of the accent, clarity, and accuracy of pronunciation. Aforementioned findings have implication to challenge English teachers in Indonesia to develop meaningful activities to teach English pronunciation accurately to be regarded as fully intelligible and acceptable by listeners, especially native English listeners.

Can Behavioral Speech-In-Noise Tests Improve the Quality of Hearing Aid Fittings?

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Robert Moore ◽  
Susan Gordon-Hickey
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Speech Perception ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Speech In Noise ◽  
Acceptable Noise Level ◽  
Perceptual Performance ◽  
Noise Test

The purpose of this article is to propose 4 dimensions for consideration in hearing aid fittings and 4 tests to evaluate those dimensions. The 4 dimensions and tests are (a) working memory, evaluated by the Revised Speech Perception in Noise test (Bilger, Nuetzel, & Rabinowitz, 1984); (b) performance in noise, evaluated by the Quick Speech in Noise test (QSIN; Killion, Niquette, Gudmundsen, Revit, & Banerjee, 2004); (c) acceptance of noise, evaluated by the Acceptable Noise Level test (ANL; Nabelek, Tucker, & Letowski, 1991); and (d) performance versus perception, evaluated by the Perceptual–Performance test (PPT; Saunders & Cienkowski, 2002). The authors discuss the 4 dimensions and tests in the context of improving the quality of hearing aid fittings.

Speech Perception in Noise Test

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. N. Kalikow ◽  
K. N. Stevens ◽  
L. L. Elliot
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Noise Test

scholarly journals An evaluation of the speech perception in noise test

1986 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucille P. Dickens ◽  
Callum M. Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Presentation Level ◽  
Noise Test

The effects of presentation level and signal-to-babble ratio (S/B) on SPIN performance were investigated for eighty normal hearing listeners. Both intensity and S/B had a significant effect on scores. Performance improved at the more favourable S/B regardless of presentation level, and scores were better at the lower presentation level regardless of S/B. Possible clinical applications of the SPIN test are discussed.

scholarly journals R2SPIN: Re-Recording the Revised Speech Perception in Noise Test

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Ward ◽  
Catherine Robinson ◽  
Matthew Paradis ◽  
Katherine M. Tucker ◽  
Ben Shirley
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Noise Test

scholarly journals Effects of Context Type on Lipreading and Listening Performance and Implications for Sentence Processing

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 1093-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Spehar ◽  
Stacey Goebel ◽  
Nancy Tye-Murray
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Sentence Processing ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Presentation Modality ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Aural Rehabilitation ◽  
Noise Test ◽  
Context Cues

Purpose This study compared the use of 2 different types of contextual cues (sentence based and situation based) in 2 different modalities (visual only and auditory only). Method Twenty young adults were tested with the Illustrated Sentence Test (Tye-Murray, Hale, Spehar, Myerson, & Sommers, 2014) and the Speech Perception in Noise Test (Bilger, Nuetzel, Rabinowitz, & Rzeczkowski, 1984; Kalikow, Stevens, & Elliott, 1977) in the 2 modalities. The Illustrated Sentences Test presents sentences with no context and sentences accompanied by picture-based situational context cues. The Speech Perception in Noise Test presents sentences with low sentence-based context and sentences with high sentence-based context. Results Participants benefited from both types of context and received more benefit when testing occurred in the visual-only modality than when it occurred in the auditory-only modality. Participants' use of sentence-based context did not correlate with use of situation-based context. Cue usage did not correlate between the 2 modalities. Conclusions The ability to use contextual cues appears to be dependent on the type of cue and the presentation modality of the target word(s). In a theoretical sense, the results suggest that models of word recognition and sentence processing should incorporate the influence of multiple sources of information and recognize that the 2 types of context have different influences on speech perception. In a clinical sense, the results suggest that aural rehabilitation programs might provide training to optimize use of both kinds of contextual cues.

scholarly journals A Comparison Between the Korean Digits-in-Noise Test and the Korean Speech Perception-in-Noise Test in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-177
Author(s):  
Subin Kim ◽  
Sungwha You ◽  
Myoung Eun Sohn ◽  
Woojae Han ◽  
Jae-Hyun Seo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Perception ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Diagnostic Efficacy ◽  
Speech Perception In Noise ◽  
Percent Correct ◽  
Hearing In Noise ◽  
Noise Masker ◽  
Noise Test

Background and Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to validate the performance and diagnostic efficacy of the Korean digits-in-noise (K-DIN) test in comparison to the Korean speech perception-in-noise (K-SPIN) test, which is the representative speech-in-noise test in clinical practice.Subjects and Methods: Twenty-seven subjects (15 normal-hearing and 12 hearing-impaired listeners) participated. The recorded Korean 0-9 digits were used to form quasirandom digit triplets; 50 target digit triplets were presented at the most comfortable level of each subject while presenting speech-shaped background noise at various levels of signal-to-noise ratios (-12.5, -10, -5, or +5 dB). Subjects were then instructed to listen to both target and noise masker unilaterally and bilaterally through a headphone. K-SPIN test was also conducted using the same procedure as the K-DIN. After calculating their percent correct responses, K-DIN and K-SPIN results were compared using a Pearson-correlation test.Results: Results showed a statistically significant correlation between K-DIN and K-SPIN in all hearing conditions (left: r=0.814, p<0.001; right: r=0.788, p<0.001; bilateral: r=0.727, p<0.001). Moreover, the K-DIN test achieved better testing efficacy, shorter average listening time (5 min vs. 30 min), and easier performance of task according to participants’ qualitative reports than the K-SPIN test.Conclusions: In this study, the Korean version of digit triplet test was validated in both normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. The findings suggest that the K-DIN test can be used as a simple and time-efficient hearing-in-noise test in audiology clinics in Korea.

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