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Feng, Yan; Meng, Yaru; Li, Hanfei; Peng, Gang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study investigated the effect of cognitive load (CL) on the categorical perception (CP) of Mandarin lexical tones to discuss the application of the generalized pulse-skipping hypothesis. This hypothesis assumes that listeners might miss/skip temporal pulses and lose essential speech information due to CL, which consequently affects…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Auditory Discrimination, Identification, Speech
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Takayanagi, Sumiko; Dirks, Donald D.; Moshfegh, Anahita – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
This study examined effects of talker variability and lexical difficulty on spoken-word recognition among native and non-native listeners with either normal or impaired hearing. Non-native listeners required greater intensity for equal intelligibility than native listeners. Significant effects of talker variability and lexical difficulty were…
Descriptors: Adults, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments