The speech signal carries both linguistic and non-linguistic information (eg, a talker's voice
qualities; referred to as indexical information). There is evidence that indexical information …

Aphasia is a language disorder that often involves speech comprehension impairments
affecting communication. In face-to-face settings, speech is accompanied by mouth and …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the interaction between processing lexical and
speaker-specific information in spoken word recognition. The specific question is whether …

Recognition of and memory for a spoken word can be facilitated by a prior presentation of
that word spoken by the same talker. However, it is less clear whether this speaker …

The effect of speaker variability on accessing the form and meaning of spoken words was
evaluated in two short-term priming experiments. In the repetition priming experiment …

Native listeners benefit from talker familiarity in recognition memory and word identification,
especially in adverse listening conditions. The present study addresses the talker familiarity …

Purpose Sentence comprehension deficits are common following a left hemisphere stroke
and have primarily been investigated under optimal listening conditions. However, ample …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of persons with aphasia, with
and without hearing loss, to complete a commonly used open-set word recognition test that …

Two studies were carried out to investigate the effects of presentation of primes showing
partial (word-initial) or full overlap on processing of spoken target words. The first study …

Purpose: Listening in noise is an everyday activity and poses a challenge for many people.
To improve the ability to understand speech in noise, a computerized auditory rehabilitation …