In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 125, No. 4_Supplement ( 2009-04-01), p. 2570-2570
Abstract:
Non-native listeners have more difficulty perceiving acoustically degraded English speech than native listeners. In addition, performance in non-native listeners varies greatly depending on many linguistic factors. Recognizing the importance of these factors, the current study assessed how 30 non-native listeners utilized contextual information on the reverberant speech-perception-in-noise test [Sandridge et al., AAS (2005)] based on their linguistic profiles, obtained through the Language Experience and Profile Questionnaire [V. Marian et al., JSLHR 50, 940–967 (2007)] . Specifically, these SPIN sentences (high versus low context) were processed in two levels of multi-talker babble (signal-to-noise ratio =+6 versus 0 dB) and two levels of reverberation (reverberation time =1.2 vs 3.6 s). Significant factors in language dominance, proficiency, learning, and use were identified using correlation and multiple regression procedures. Most strikingly, factors related to reading in English (age of acquisition, age of fluency, and preference) emerged as the strongest predictors of performance regardless of the main effect (noise, reverberation, or context). Most variance in performance could be accounted for by these reading factors and two additional factors related to speaking in English (proficiency and accent).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
2009
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1461063-2
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