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Lexical Information Drives Perceptual Learning of Distorted Speech: Evidence From the Comprehension of Noise-Vocoded Sentences.
| CBU number: | 6125 |
| Authors: | DAVIS, M.H., Johnsrude, I.S., HERVAIS-ADELMAN, A.G., TAYLOR, K.J. & Mcgettigan, C. |
| Reference: | Journal of Experimental Psychology - General, 134(2), 222-241 |
| Year of publication: | 2005 |
| Abstract text: | Speech comprehension is resistant to acoustic distortion in the input, reflecting listeners' ability to adjust perceptual processes to match the speech input. For noise-vocoded sentences, a manipulation that removes spectral detail from speech, listeners' reporting improved from near 0% to 70% correct over 30 sentences (Experiment 1). Learning was enhanced if listeners heard distorted sentences while they knew the identity of the undistorted target (Experiments 2 and 3). Learning was absent when listeners were trained with nonword sentences (Experiments 4 and 5), although the meaning of the training sentences did not affect learning (Experiment 5). Perceptual learning of noise-vocoded speech depends on higher level information, consistent with top-down, lexically driven learning. Similar processes may facilitate comprehension of speech in an unfamiliar accent or following cochlear implantation. |
| First CBU author: | Hervais-Adelman, A.G. |
| Annual report number: | CBUAR 50 |
| Keywords: | Perceptual Learning, Distorted Speech |