English vowel identification in quiet and noise: effects of listeners’ native language background

Purpose: To investigate the effect of listener’s native language (L1) and the types of noise on English vowel identification in noise.Method: Identification of twelve English vowels was measured in quiet and in long-term speech-shaped noise and multi-talker babble noise for English- (EN), Chinese- (...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Su-Hyun eJin, Chang eLiu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Subjects:	Speech Perception Bilingual masking release native language English vowel identification in noise multi-talker babble noise
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2014.00305/full