The effects of noise on identification of topic changes in discourse

The purpose of the present study was to investigate how adverse listening conditions affect the ability of normal-hearing listeners to identify the boundaries between discourse topics, or when "what is being talked about" has changed. Twelve subjects (21 to 35 years) listened to digitiz...

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Main Author: Tidball, Glynnis Anne
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3689