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KMID : 1022420110030030173
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2011 Volume.3 No. 3 p.173 ~ p.179
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A Study on the Speech Intelligibility of Voice Disorder Patients according to the Level of Background Noise
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Pyo Hwa-Young
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Abstract
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The present study was performed to investigate the intelligibility of voice disorder patients by providing the various background noise levels. Four sets of 12-sentence-stimuli produced by 11 voice disorder patients were prepared, and 5 minute-news from radio broadcasting studio were used as a background noise. 30 listeners assigned intelligibility score of each sentence with visual analog scale. Each set of sentences was provided with 20dB, 10dB, 0dB noise (same intensity with stimuli), and, finally, with no noise. As results, as background noise level increased, intelligibility scores were lowered with statistical significance. Even though in the same severity, more loud background noise showed much lower scores than less loud noise. When 10dB noise was provided, intelligibility scores showed the biggest difference among the degree of severity.
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KEYWORD
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intelligibility, voice disorder, background noise
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