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Acoustic properties of naturally produced clear speech at normal speaking rates by Krause, Jean C, Braida, Louis D

“…Sentences spoken "clearly" are significantly more intelligible than those spoken "conversationally" for hearing-impaired listeners in a variety of backgrounds…”
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Effects of age on sensitivity to interaural time differences in envelope and fine structure, individually and in combination by Moore, Brian C. J., Heinz, Michael G., Braida, Louis D., Léger, Agnès C.

“…Sensitivity to interaural time differences (ITDs) in envelope and temporal fine structure (TFS) of amplitude-modulated (AM) tones was assessed for young and…”
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Dissociation of detection and discrimination of pure tones following bilateral lesions of auditory cortex by Dykstra, Andrew R, Koh, Christine K, Braida, Louis D, Tramo, Mark Jude

“…It is well known that damage to the peripheral auditory system causes deficits in tone detection as well as pitch and loudness perception across a wide range…”
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Investigating alternative forms of clear speech: the effects of speaking rate and speaking mode on intelligibility by Krause, Jean C, Braida, Louis D

“…Sentences spoken "clearly" (and slowly) are significantly more intelligible than those spoken "conversationally" for hearing-impaired listeners in a variety of…”
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Integration of auditory and vibrotactile stimuli: Effects of frequency by Wilson, E. Courtenay, Reed, Charlotte M., Braida, Louis D.

“…Perceptual integration of vibrotactile and auditory sinusoidal tone pulses was studied in detection experiments as a function of stimulation frequency…”
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Effect of Energy Equalization on the Intelligibility of Speech in Fluctuating Background Interference for Listeners With Hearing Impairment by D’Aquila, Laura A., Desloge, Joseph G., Reed, Charlotte M., Braida, Louis D.

“…The masking release (MR; i.e., better speech recognition in fluctuating compared with continuous noise backgrounds) that is evident for listeners with normal…”
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Neurophysiology and Neuroanatomy of Pitch Perception: Auditory Cortex by TRAMO, MARK JUDE, CARIANI, PETER A., KOH, CHRISTINE K., MAKRIS, NIKOS, BRAIDA, LOUIS D.

“…: We present original results and review literature from the past fifty years that address the role of primate auditory cortex in the following perceptual…”
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Functional Role of Auditory Cortex in Frequency Processing and Pitch Perception by Tramo, Mark Jude, Shah, Gaurav D, Braida, Louis D

“…  1 Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114-2696;   2 Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department…”
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Cross-Frequency Integration for Consonant and Vowel Identification in Bimodal Hearing by Kong, Ying-Yee, Braida, Louis D

“…Purpose: Improved speech recognition in binaurally combined acoustic-electric stimulation (otherwise known as "bimodal hearing") could arise when listeners…”
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Masking release for hearing-impaired listeners: The effect of increased audibility through reduction of amplitude variability by Desloge, Joseph G., Reed, Charlotte M., Braida, Louis D., Perez, Zachary D., D'Aquila, Laura A.

“…The masking release (i.e., better speech recognition in fluctuating compared to continuous noise backgrounds) observed for normal-hearing (NH) listeners is…”
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Evaluating the role of spectral and envelope characteristics in the intelligibility advantage of clear speech by Krause, Jean C., Braida, Louis D.

“…In adverse listening conditions, talkers can increase their intelligibility by speaking clearly [ Picheny, M.A. , ( 1985 ). J. Speech Hear. Res. 28 , 96-103 ;…”
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The role of recovered envelope cues in the identification of temporal-fine-structure speech for hearing-impaired listeners by Léger, Agnès C, Desloge, Joseph G, Braida, Louis D, Swaminathan, Jayaganesh

“…Narrowband speech can be separated into fast temporal cues [temporal fine structure (TFS)], and slow amplitude modulations (envelope). Speech processed to…”
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Effect of Slow-Acting Wide Dynamic Range Compression on Measures of Intelligibility and Ratings of Speech Quality in Simulated-Loss Listeners by Rosengard, Peninah S, Payton, Karen L, Braida, Louis D

“…The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine the extent to which 4-channel, slow-acting wide dynamic range amplitude compression (WDRC) can…”
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Two-microphone spatial filtering provides speech reception benefits for cochlear implant users in difficult acoustic environments by Goldsworthy, Raymond L, Delhorne, Lorraine A, Desloge, Joseph G, Braida, Louis D

“…This article introduces and provides an assessment of a spatial-filtering algorithm based on two closely-spaced (∼1 cm) microphones in a behind-the-ear shell…”
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Consonant identification using temporal fine structure and recovered envelope cues by Swaminathan, Jayaganesh, Reed, Charlotte M, Desloge, Joseph G, Braida, Louis D, Delhorne, Lorraine A

“…The contribution of recovered envelopes (RENVs) to the utilization of temporal-fine structure (TFS) speech cues was examined in normal-hearing listeners…”
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Consonant identification in noise using Hilbert-transform temporal fine-structure speech and recovered-envelope speech for listeners with normal and impaired hearing by Léger, Agnès C, Reed, Charlotte M, Desloge, Joseph G, Swaminathan, Jayaganesh, Braida, Louis D

“…Consonant-identification ability was examined in normal-hearing (NH) and hearing-impaired (HI) listeners in the presence of steady-state and 10-Hz square-wave…”
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Level variations in speech: Effect on masking release in hearing-impaired listeners by Reed, Charlotte M, Desloge, Joseph G, Braida, Louis D, Perez, Zachary D, Léger, Agnès C

“…Acoustic speech is marked by time-varying changes in the amplitude envelope that may pose difficulties for hearing-impaired listeners. Removal of these…”
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Speech reception by listeners with real and simulated hearing impairment: Effects of continuous and interrupted noise by Desloge, Joseph G., Reed, Charlotte M., Braida, Louis D., Perez, Zachary D., Delhorne, Lorraine A.

“…The effects of audibility and age on masking for sentences in continuous and interrupted noise were examined in listeners with real and simulated hearing loss…”
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Measures of tactual detection and temporal order resolution in congenitally deaf and normal-hearing adults by Moallem, Theodore M., Reed, Charlotte M., Braida, Louis D.

“…To guide the development of tactile speech aids, tactual detection and temporal order discrimination by congenitally deaf and normal-hearing adults have been…”
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Integration of auditory and vibrotactile stimuli: Effects of phase and stimulus-onset asynchrony by Wilson, E. Courtenay, Reed, Charlotte M., Braida, Louis D.

“…The perceptual integration of 250 Hz, 500 ms vibrotactile and auditory tones was studied in detection experiments as a function of (1) relative phase and (2)…”
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