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postgraduate thesis: The effects of lexical tone contour on Mandarin sentence intelligibility among adult hearing aid users
Title | The effects of lexical tone contour on Mandarin sentence intelligibility among adult hearing aid users |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Ip, M. [葉文浩]. (2018). The effects of lexical tone contour on Mandarin sentence intelligibility among adult hearing aid users. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study investigated the effect of lexical tone contour on the speech intelligibility of Mandarin sentences among hearing aid users in quiet and in noise. Stimuli were synthesized Mandarin sentences with each word carrying the original lexical tone, flattened tone, or randomized tone selected from the four Mandarin lexical tones. Thirty-two people with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss participated and they wore hearing aids binaurally during the experiment. Significant declines in speech intelligibility were found in manipulated tone conditions no matter in quiet or in noise. Our results were consistent with previous findings to some extent and further suggested the importance of lexical tone contour hearing aid users, and that the effect of distorted lexical tone contour may not be compensable by other cues.
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Degree | Master of Science in Audiology |
Subject | Mandarin dialects - Tone Hearing impaired |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264829 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ip, Man-ho | - |
dc.contributor.author | 葉文浩 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-31T03:01:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-31T03:01:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ip, M. [葉文浩]. (2018). The effects of lexical tone contour on Mandarin sentence intelligibility among adult hearing aid users. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264829 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the effect of lexical tone contour on the speech intelligibility of Mandarin sentences among hearing aid users in quiet and in noise. Stimuli were synthesized Mandarin sentences with each word carrying the original lexical tone, flattened tone, or randomized tone selected from the four Mandarin lexical tones. Thirty-two people with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss participated and they wore hearing aids binaurally during the experiment. Significant declines in speech intelligibility were found in manipulated tone conditions no matter in quiet or in noise. Our results were consistent with previous findings to some extent and further suggested the importance of lexical tone contour hearing aid users, and that the effect of distorted lexical tone contour may not be compensable by other cues. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mandarin dialects - Tone | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Hearing impaired | - |
dc.title | The effects of lexical tone contour on Mandarin sentence intelligibility among adult hearing aid users | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Science in Audiology | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991044048580903414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044048580903414 | - |