The effect of spectral tilt on infants' discrimination of fricatives

Elizabeth Beach, Christine Kitamura, Harvey Dillon, Teresa Ching, Denis Burnham

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Abstract

Research on infants' ability to discriminate speech sounds with different directions of spectral tilt can be used to optimise the frequency response of hearing aids being fitted to very young infants. In the current study, infants were presented with a fricative contrast with either a positive or negative spectral tilt, or in unmodified form. The results showed 6-month-olds were able to discriminate the contrast irrespective of the manipulation, while 9-month-olds could only discriminate the contrast in unmodified form.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2008 (INTERSPEECH 2008)
Place of PublicationBrisbane
PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
Pages2852-2852
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)9781615673780
Publication statusPublished - 22 Sept 2008
EventINTERSPEECH 2008 - 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Brisbane, QLD
Duration: 1 Jul 2008 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH
ISSN (Print)2308-457X

Conference

ConferenceINTERSPEECH 2008 - 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
CityBrisbane, QLD
Period1/07/08 → …

Keywords

  • Discrimination
  • Fricatives
  • Hearing impairment
  • Infants
  • Spectral tilt
  • Speech perception
  • Frequency response
  • Hearing aids
  • Speech communication
  • Audition

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