TFS sensitivity predicts speech-in-noise ability among normally hearing adults
Evidence
Speech in noise performance was moderately and significantly related to TFS sensitivity (r = ‑0.34, p = 0.046). Participants who had good TFS sensitivity generally had good speech in noise scores (good scores are negative). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4157
Categorization
- XREF: Extends the temporal-fine-structure story (Moore and Sek’s psychophysics) into a functional domain of speech understanding. — connects to: Audiometric pure-tone thresholds predict speech intelligibility even after sensitivity adjustment; Reduced target audibility, not spatial processing loss, explains much of the hearing-loss speech deficit — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1719; Inherent noise fluctuations do not universally limit speech perception across hearing conditions — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2166 (+2 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 4157
Broader Connections
- Reduced target audibility, not spatial processing loss, explains much of the hearing-loss speech deficit
#complicates(0.80) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 1719 - Audiometric pure-tone thresholds predict speech intelligibility even after sensitivity adjustment
#qualifies(0.78) - Inherent noise fluctuations do not universally limit speech perception across hearing conditions
#complicates(0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 2166 - Small amounts of hearing loss disproportionately impair speech-in-noise perception
#corroborates(0.75) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5472 - Every 1 dB of signal-to-noise improvement raises speech intelligibility by 7 to 19 percent
#expands(0.72)