The effect of spectral tilt on infants' discrimination of fricatives

Elizabeth F. Beach; Christine Kitamura; Harvey Dillon; Teresa Y. Ching; Denis K. Burnham

The effect of spectral tilt on infants' discrimination of fricatives

Elizabeth F. Beach, Christine Kitamura, Harvey Dillon, Teresa Y. Ching, Denis K. Burnham

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![CDATA[Research on infants' ability to discriminate speech sounds with different directions of spectral tilt can be used to optimise the frequency response of hearing aids being fitted to very young infants. In the current study, infants were presented with a fricative contrast with either a positive or negative spectral tilt, or in unmodified form. The results showed 6-month-olds were able to discriminate the contrast irrespective of the manipulation, while 9-month-olds could only discriminate the contrast in unmodified form.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008
Publisher	Causal Productions
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	International Speech Communication Association. Conference - Duration: 9 Sept 2012 → …

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Conference	International Speech Communication Association. Conference
Period	9/09/12 → …

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speech perception in infants
infants
hearing disorders
sounds
fricatives
spectral tilt

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Beach, EF, Kitamura, C, Dillon, H, Ching, TY & Burnham, DK 2008, The effect of spectral tilt on infants' discrimination of fricatives. in Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008. Causal Productions, International Speech Communication Association. Conference, 9/09/12.

The effect of spectral tilt on infants' discrimination of fricatives. / Beach, Elizabeth F.; Kitamura, Christine; Dillon, Harvey et al.
Interspeech 2008: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, incorporating SST 2008, held in Brisbane, Qld. 22-26 September, 2008. Causal Productions, 2008.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

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