Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMulti-talker speech intelligibility requires successful separation of the target speech from background speech. Successful speech segregation relies on bottom-up neural coding fidelity of sensory information and top-down effortful listening.
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Listening Effort Is Not the Same as Speech Intelligibility Score
Trends in Hearing, 2021 Listening effort is a valuable and important notion to measure because it is among the primary complaints of people with hearing loss. It is tempting and intuitive to accept speech intelligibility scores as a proxy for listening effort, but this link is ...
Matthew B. Winn, Katherine H. Teece
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Listening to two-talker conversations in quiet settings: the role of listeners’ cognitive processing capabilities for memory and listening effort [PDF]
Scientific ReportsListening to conversing talkers in quiet environments and remembering the content is a common activity. However, research on the cognitive demands involved is limited.
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Exploring short-term memory and listening effort in two-talker conversations: The influence of soft and moderate background noise. [PDF]
PLoS ONEListening to conversations and remembering their content is a highly demanding task, especially in noisy environments. Previous research has mainly focused on short-term memory using simple cognitive tasks with unrelated words or digits.
Chinthusa Mohanathasan +4 more
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Acoustically Transparent Hearing Aids Increase Physiological Markers of Listening Effort [PDF]
Trends in HearingWhile hearing aids are beneficial in compensating for hearing loss and suppressing ambient noise, they may also introduce an unwanted processing burden to the listener's sensory and cognitive system. To investigate such adverse side effects, hearing aids
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Objective Assessment of Listening Effort: Coregistration of Pupillometry and EEG
Trends in Hearing, 2017 Listening to speech in noise is effortful, particularly for people with hearing impairment. While it is known that effort is related to a complex interplay between bottom-up and top-down processes, the cognitive and neurophysiological mechanisms ...
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Attention Mobilization as a Modulator of Listening Effort: Evidence From Pupillometry [PDF]
Trends in HearingListening to speech in noise can require substantial mental effort, even among younger normal-hearing adults. The task-evoked pupil response (TEPR) has been shown to track the increased effort exerted to recognize words or sentences in increasing noise ...
M. A. Johns +6 more
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Speech recognition in noise task among children and young-adults: a pupillometry study
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionChildren experience unique challenges when listening to speech in noisy environments. The present study used pupillometry, an established method for quantifying listening and cognitive effort, to detect temporal changes in pupil dilation ...
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Listening Effort Informed Quality of Experience Evaluation [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Perceived quality of experience for speech listening is influenced by cognitive processing and can affect a listener's comprehension, engagement and responsiveness. Quality of Experience (QoE) is a paradigm used within the media technology community to assess media quality by linking quantifiable media parameters to perceived quality.
Sun, Pheobe Wenyi, Hines, Andrew
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Trends in Hearing, 2023 Listening effort and fatigue are common experiences when conversing in noisy environments. Much research has investigated listening effort in relation to listening demand using the speech-in-noise paradigm.
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