Effects of noise and reverberation on speech perception and listening comprehension of children and adults in a classroom-like setting

The effects of classroom noise and background speech on speech perception, measured by word-to-picture matching, and listening comprehension, measured by execution of oral instructions, were assessed in first- and third-grade children and adults in a classroom-like setting. For speech perception, in...

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Main Authors: Maria Klatte, Thomas Lachmann, Markus Meis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
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Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2010;volume=12;issue=49;spage=270;epage=282;aulast=Klatte