Speech recognition in adverse conditions: A review

SL Mattys, MH Davis, AR Bradlow… - Language and Cognitive …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a review of the effects of adverse conditions (ACs) on the perceptual,
linguistic, cognitive, and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying speech recognition …

The listening talker: A review of human and algorithmic context-induced modifications of speech

M Cooke, S King, M Garnier, V Aubanel - Computer Speech & Language, 2014 - Elsevier
Speech output technology is finding widespread application, including in scenarios where
intelligibility might be compromised–at least for some listeners–by adverse conditions …

Acoustic analysis of speech

RD Kent, Y Kim - The handbook of clinical linguistics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Acoustic analysis is attractive for the study of speech for several reasons, but one of the most
important is that the acoustic signal bridges the acts of speech production and speech …

[BOK][B] Hearing: An introduction to psychological and physiological acoustics

SA Gelfand - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This fully updated and revised sixth edition of Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics provides a comprehensive introduction for graduate students and …

Intelligibility of normal speech I: Global and fine-grained acoustic-phonetic talker characteristics

AR Bradlow, GM Torretta, DB Pisoni - Speech communication, 1996 - Elsevier
This study used a multi-talker database containing intelligibility scores for 2000 sentences
(20 talkers, 100 sentences), to identify talker-related correlates of speech intelligibility. We …

Speaking clearly for children with learning disabilities

AR Bradlow, N Kraus, E Hayes - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2003 - pubs.asha.org
This study compared the speech-in-noise perception abilities of children with and without
diagnosed learning disabilities (LDs) and investigated whether naturally produced clear …

Speaking and hearing clearly: Talker and listener factors in speaking style changes

R Smiljanić, AR Bradlow - Language and linguistics compass, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides an overview of the research concerning the nature of the distinct,
listener‐oriented speaking style called 'clear speech'and its effect on intelligibility for various …

The clear speech effect for non-native listeners

AR Bradlow, T Bent - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
Previous work has established that naturally produced clear speech is more intelligible than
conversational speech for adult hearing-impaired listeners and normal-hearing listeners …

Vowel intelligibility in clear and conversational speech for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners

SH Ferguson, D Kewley-Port - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
Several studies have demonstrated that when talkers are instructed to speak clearly, the
resulting speech is significantly more intelligible than speech produced in ordinary …

Recognition of spoken words by native and non-native listeners: Talker-, listener-, and item-related factors

AR Bradlow, DB Pisoni - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
In order to gain insight into the interplay between the talker-, listener-, and item-related
factors that influence speech perception, a large multi-talker database of digitally recorded …