Semantic Context Can Mask Intelligibility Declines at Above-Conversational Speech Levels in Normal-Hearing Listeners.

Published in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR (2023)

Young adults with NAs show intelligibility decreases at above-conversational levels when tested with speech materials without semantic context. Top-down processing as facilitated by context information can mask such declines.

Keyphrases

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