Speech Identification and Comprehension in the Urban Soundscape

Urban environments are characterised by the presence of copious and unstructured noise. This noise continuously challenges speech intelligibility both in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired individuals. In this paper, we investigate the impact of urban noise, such as traffic, on speech identificatio...

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Main Authors: Letizia Marchegiani, Xenofon Fafoutis, Sahar Abbaspour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Environments
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/5/5/56