Revision and validation of a binaural model for speech intelligibility in noise

被引:59
作者
Jelfs, Sam [2 ]
Culling, John F. [1 ]
Lavandier, Mathieu [3 ]
机构
[1] Cardiff Univ, Sch Psychol, Cardiff CF10 3AT, S Glam, Wales
[2] Cardiff Univ, Welsh Sch Architecture, Cardiff CF10 3NB, S Glam, Wales
[3] Univ Lyon, Ecole Natl Travaux Publ Etat, CNRS, Dept Genie Civil & Batiment, F-69518 Vaulx En Velin, France
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS; INDUCED INTERAURAL TIME; SPATIAL UNMASKING; LEVEL DIFFERENCES; RECEPTION THRESHOLD; CANCELLATION THEORY; REVERBERATION; PREDICTION; MASKING; EQUALIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.heares.2010.12.005
中图分类号
R36 [病理学]; R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100104 ; 100213 ;
摘要
Lavandier and Culling [Lavandier, M. and Culling, J. F. 2010. Prediction of binaural speech intelligibility against noise in rooms. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 127, 387-399] demonstrated a method of predicting human speech reception thresholds for speech in combined noise and reverberation. An updated version of the model is presented, which is substantially more computationally efficient. The updated model makes similar predictions for the SRT data considered by Lavandier and Culling, which tested the model's ability to predict effects of binaural unmasking and room colouration. In addition, we show here that the model accurately predicts the effects of headshadow and reproduces a range of data sets from the literature, including situations with multiple interfering sounds in anechoic conditions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:96 / 104
页数:9
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