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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 16-27 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Hearing Research |
Volume | 354 |
Early online date | 2 Aug 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
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© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).This research was supported by Research Grant EP/F016484/1 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Keywords
- auditory grouping
- concurrent speech segregation
- fundamental frequency
- interaural time difference
- verbal transformation effect
- within-ear interaction
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Stream segregation of concurrent speech and the verbal transformation effect : influence of fundamental frequency and lateralization cues. / Stachurski, Marcin; Summers, Robert J.; Roberts, Brian.
In: Hearing Research, Vol. 354, 01.10.2017, p. 16-27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Stream segregation of concurrent speech and the verbal transformation effect
T2 - influence of fundamental frequency and lateralization cues
AU - Stachurski, Marcin
AU - Summers, Robert J.
AU - Roberts, Brian
N1 - © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This research was supported by Research Grant EP/F016484/1 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Repeating a recorded word produces verbal transformations (VTs); perceptual regrouping of acoustic-phonetic segments may contribute to this effect. The influence of fundamental frequency (F0) and lateralization grouping cues was explored by presenting two concurrent sequences of the same word resynthesized on different F0s (100 and 178 Hz). In experiment 1, listeners monitored both sequences simultaneously, reporting for each any change in stimulus identity. Three lateralization conditions were used – diotic, ±680-μs interaural time difference, and dichotic. Results were similar for the first two conditions, but fewer forms and later initial transformations were reported in the dichotic condition. This suggests that large lateralization differences per se have little effect – rather, there are more possibilities for regrouping when each ear receives both sequences. In the dichotic condition, VTs reported for one sequence were also more independent of those reported for the other. Experiment 2 used diotic stimuli and explored the effect of the number of sequences presented and monitored. The most forms and earliest transformations were reported when two sequences were presented but only one was monitored, indicating that high task demands decreased reporting of VTs for concurrent sequences. Overall, these findings support the idea that perceptual regrouping contributes to the VT effect.
AB - Repeating a recorded word produces verbal transformations (VTs); perceptual regrouping of acoustic-phonetic segments may contribute to this effect. The influence of fundamental frequency (F0) and lateralization grouping cues was explored by presenting two concurrent sequences of the same word resynthesized on different F0s (100 and 178 Hz). In experiment 1, listeners monitored both sequences simultaneously, reporting for each any change in stimulus identity. Three lateralization conditions were used – diotic, ±680-μs interaural time difference, and dichotic. Results were similar for the first two conditions, but fewer forms and later initial transformations were reported in the dichotic condition. This suggests that large lateralization differences per se have little effect – rather, there are more possibilities for regrouping when each ear receives both sequences. In the dichotic condition, VTs reported for one sequence were also more independent of those reported for the other. Experiment 2 used diotic stimuli and explored the effect of the number of sequences presented and monitored. The most forms and earliest transformations were reported when two sequences were presented but only one was monitored, indicating that high task demands decreased reporting of VTs for concurrent sequences. Overall, these findings support the idea that perceptual regrouping contributes to the VT effect.
KW - auditory grouping
KW - concurrent speech segregation
KW - fundamental frequency
KW - interaural time difference
KW - verbal transformation effect
KW - within-ear interaction
UR - http://doi.org/10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000278
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027835845&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.heares.2017.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.heares.2017.07.016
M3 - Article
VL - 354
SP - 16
EP - 27
JO - Hearing Research
JF - Hearing Research
SN - 0378-5955
ER -