Subject: Speech reception in noise From: "Lopez-Poveda, Enrique A." <ealopezpoveda@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:12:39 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear all, Everybody knows that speech perception in noisy backgrounds is poorer for listeners with cochlear hearing loss than for normal-hearing listeneres. But is there any evidence that the rate of decrease of performance with decreasing speech-to-noise ratio is greatest for hearing-impaired than for normal-hearing listeners? I would appreciate any reference to relevant studies. - Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda, Ph.D. Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Universidad de Salamanca C/ Pintor Fernando Gallego 1, 37007 Salamanca, Spain. Phone: (+34) 923 294 500 ext. 1957. Fax: (+34) 923 294 750 E-mail: ealopezpoveda@xxxxxxxx http://web.usal.es/~ealopezpoveda/