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postgraduate thesis: English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in noise and reverberation : are there differences between non-tonal and tonal languages?
Title | English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in noise and reverberation : are there differences between non-tonal and tonal languages? |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Wang, J. S.. (2020). English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in noise and reverberation : are there differences between non-tonal and tonal languages?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study compared English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in different types of noise
and reverberation. Matrix sentence recordings by four English-Cantonese bilingual talkers
were used to measure the speech reception thresholds (SRTs) of 30 normal-hearing listeners
(15 native English speakers and 15 native Cantonese speakers) who heard the sentences in
their respective native language in four different types of noise: stationary noise, fluctuating
noise, 20-people multi-talker babble, and stationary noise with reverberation. SRTs in the four
noise types were significantly different in English and in Cantonese. SRTs were the best to
worst in the following order for both languages: fluctuating noise, stationary noise, 20-people
babble noise, and noise with reverberation. Cantonese resulted in significantly better SRTs
compared to English in fluctuating noise and noise with reverberation. The benefit of
listening to speech in fluctuating noise compared to stationary noise was larger for Cantonese,
whereas the adverse effects of listening to speech in 20-people babble noise and in noise with
reverberation, compared to stationary noise, were larger for English. Within the confines of
the study’s limitations, Cantonese speech intelligibility was better than English in fluctuating
noise and in noise with reverberation. When compared to stationary noise, benefits due to
fluctuating noise was greater for Cantonese, while the detrimental effects of 20-people babble
noise and noise with reverberation were greater for English.
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Degree | Master of Science in Audiology |
Subject | Speech, Intelligibility of |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294760 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wang, Jiyao Sherly | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-09T02:13:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-09T02:13:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Wang, J. S.. (2020). English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in noise and reverberation : are there differences between non-tonal and tonal languages?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/294760 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study compared English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in different types of noise and reverberation. Matrix sentence recordings by four English-Cantonese bilingual talkers were used to measure the speech reception thresholds (SRTs) of 30 normal-hearing listeners (15 native English speakers and 15 native Cantonese speakers) who heard the sentences in their respective native language in four different types of noise: stationary noise, fluctuating noise, 20-people multi-talker babble, and stationary noise with reverberation. SRTs in the four noise types were significantly different in English and in Cantonese. SRTs were the best to worst in the following order for both languages: fluctuating noise, stationary noise, 20-people babble noise, and noise with reverberation. Cantonese resulted in significantly better SRTs compared to English in fluctuating noise and noise with reverberation. The benefit of listening to speech in fluctuating noise compared to stationary noise was larger for Cantonese, whereas the adverse effects of listening to speech in 20-people babble noise and in noise with reverberation, compared to stationary noise, were larger for English. Within the confines of the study’s limitations, Cantonese speech intelligibility was better than English in fluctuating noise and in noise with reverberation. When compared to stationary noise, benefits due to fluctuating noise was greater for Cantonese, while the detrimental effects of 20-people babble noise and noise with reverberation were greater for English. | - |
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 | Speech, Intelligibility of | - |
dc.title | English and Cantonese speech intelligibility in noise and reverberation : are there differences between non-tonal and tonal languages? | - |
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.date.hkucongregation | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044296059803414 | - |