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The effect of visual distraction on auditory-visual speech perception by younger and older listeners
- Source :
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 141(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Visual distractions are present in real-world listening environments, such as conversing in a crowded restaurant. This study examined the impact of visual distractors on younger and older adults' ability to understand auditory-visual (AV) speech in noise. AV speech stimuli were presented with one competing talker and with three different types of visual distractors. SNR50 thresholds for both listener groups were affected by visual distraction; the poorest performance for both groups was the AV + Video condition, and differences across groups were noted for some conditions. These findings suggest that older adults may be more susceptible to irrelevant auditory and visual competition in a real-world environment.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Speech perception
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Adolescent
Auditory visual
Video Recording
Audiology
01 natural sciences
050105 experimental psychology
Speech in noise
Young Adult
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
0103 physical sciences
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Active listening
Attention
010301 acoustics
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
05 social sciences
Speech Intelligibility
Age Factors
Auditory Threshold
Middle Aged
Jasa Express Letters
Acoustic Stimulation
Speech Perception
Visual Perception
Visual distraction
Female
Psychology
Audiometry, Speech
Comprehension
Noise
Perceptual Masking
Photic Stimulation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15208524
- Volume :
- 141
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6a6f4fde185108117883a7e830316a3f