Subject: Re: Wrod Ilntilitgelibiy wtih Pnoheme Cufisonon From: Pierre Divenyi <pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:33:26 -0700 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail-34F17973-984C-448E-8299-D4AEF901CCF9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dvaid, What exactly do you mean bu phoneme distortion?=20 Pierre Pardon the typos, it's Apple's fault. > On Aug 14, 2014, at 21:59, David Klein <kleinsound@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Hi All, >=20 > I am seeking references on the subject of human speech intelligibility as a= function of individual phoneme distortions. I can't seem to find what I'm l= ooking for. Can anybody help point me in the right direction? >=20 > I'd specifically like to know how word intelligibility holds up when disto= rtions of a particular phoneme class would cause members of that class to be= highly confusable when presented in isolation. >=20 > More generally, I wonder how well humans can do when consonants are relati= vely clear but vowels are highly ambiguous. >=20 > I suppose two ways this might have been studied would have been using, on t= he one hand, noise or channel distortions specifically targeted to distortin= g certain phoneme classes; or, on the other hand, manipulating the signal by= switching certain phonemes to other perceptually nearby phonemes. >=20 > Cheers, > Dvaid ;) --Apple-Mail-34F17973-984C-448E-8299-D4AEF901CCF9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Dvaid,</div><div><br></div><div>What e= xactly do you mean bu phoneme distortion? </div><div><br></div><div>Pie= rre</div><div><br>Pardon the typos, it's Apple's fault.</div><div><br>On Aug= 14, 2014, at 21:59, David Klein <<a href=3D"mailto:kleinsound@xxxxxxxx"= >kleinsound@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite">= <div><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaN= eue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:1= 0pt"><div id=3D"yiv5805419883"><div><div style=3D"color:#000;background-colo= r:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida G= rande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div id=3D"yiv5805419883yui_3_16_0_1_1408= 076918952_12177">Hi All,<br><br>I am seeking references on the subject of hu= man speech intelligibility as a function of individual phoneme distortions. I= can't seem to find what I'm looking for. Can anybody help point me in the r= ight direction?<br><br>I'd specifically like to know how word intelligibilit= y holds up when distortions of a particular phoneme class would cause member= s of that class to be highly confusable when presented in isolation.<br><br>= More generally, I wonder how well humans can do when consonants are relative= ly clear but vowels are highly ambiguous.<br><br>I suppose two ways this might have been studied would have been using, on the= one hand, noise or channel distortions specifically targeted to distorting c= ertain phoneme classes; or, on the other hand, manipulating the signal by sw= itching certain phonemes to other perceptually nearby phonemes.<br><br>Cheer= s,<br>Dvaid ;)<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></body></= html>= --Apple-Mail-34F17973-984C-448E-8299-D4AEF901CCF9--