Influence of different types of noise on sentence recognition in normally hearing adults

Revista CEFAC

卷:23

关键词: Speech Perception;    Speech Intelligibility;    Hearing Tests;    Noise;    Signal-To-Noise Ratio;    Hearing;    Audiology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1982-0216/20212352121

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACTObjective: to analyze speech perception in normally hearing adults when listening in silence and with different types of noise.Methods: 40 individuals of both sexes, aged 18 to 45 years, participated in the study. Speech perception was assessed with the Lists of Sentences in Portuguese test, without a competing noise and with speech-spectrum, babble, and cocktail party noise. A mixed-effects linear regression model and the 95% confidence interval were used.Results: the subjects’ performance was worse in the three types of noise than in silence. When comparing the types of noise, differences were found in all combinations (speech-spectrum X babble, speech-spectrum X cocktail party, and babble X cocktail party), with a worse performance in babble, noise, followed by cocktail party.Conclusion: all noises negatively influenced speech perception, with a worse performance in babble, followed by cocktail party and speech-spectrum.

【 授权许可】

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