Binaural intelligibility level difference measures speech unmasking benefit

Evidence

In the studies, a speech signal S with masking noise(s) N is presented to the listener. The level of the signal is measured for both binaural listening and monaural reference listening so as to produce the same intelligibility in both cases, and the difference in level between the monaural and binaural conditions is taken as the binaural intelligibility level difference (BILD) (Blauert, 1996). — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1513

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the BILD metric used to quantify how much two-ear listening improves speech intelligibility in noise.
• XREF: connects to: Discarding low-SNR speech components affects binaural intelligibility — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 111; Binaural masking-level difference measures hearing improvement from interaural stimulus asymmetries — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1634; Spatially separated speech sources improve intelligibility through binaural release from masking. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1620 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Spatially separated speech sources improve intelligibility through binaural release from masking. #corroborates (0.85) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1620
• Binaural masking-level difference measures hearing improvement from interaural stimulus asymmetries #qualifies (0.80) — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 1634
• Discarding low-SNR speech components affects binaural intelligibility #qualifies (0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 111
• Binaural unmasking cannot explain spatial release from masking in multispeaker situations #contradicts (0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1661
• Instantaneous interaural level differences improve intelligibility beyond better-ear listening alone #corroborates (0.75) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1516