Localization in speech mixtures by listeners with hearing loss

Virginia Best; Simon Carlile; Norbert Kopco; André van Schaik

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Localization in speech mixtures by listeners with hearing loss

Virginia Best, Simon Carlile, Norbert Kopco, André van Schaik

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Abstract

The ability of listeners with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss to localize a speech source in a multitalker mixture was measured. Five simultaneous words spoken by different talkers were presented over loudspeakers in a small room, and listeners localized one target word. Errors were significantly larger in this group compared to a control group with normal hearing. Localization of the target presented alone was not different between groups. The results suggest that hearing loss does not impair spatial hearing per se, but degrades the spatial representation of multiple simultaneous sounds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	EL210-EL215
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume	129
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3571534
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

deafness
hearing levels
masking (psychology)
acoustic localisation
speech perception

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