Spatial Unmasking Effect on Speech Reception Threshold in the Median Plane

Nathan Berwick; Hyunkook Lee

doi:10.3390/app10155257

Spatial Unmasking Effect on Speech Reception Threshold in the Median Plane

Nathan Berwick, Hyunkook Lee

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This study examined whether the spatial unmasking effect operates on speech reception thresholds (SRTs) in the median plane. SRTs were measured using an adaptive staircase procedure, with target speech sentences and speech-shaped noise maskers presented via loudspeakers at −30°, 0°, 30°, 60° and 90°. Results indicated a significant median plane spatial unmasking effect, with the largest SRT gain obtained for the −30° elevation of the masker. Head-related transfer function analysis suggests that the result is associated with the energy weighting of the ear-input signal of the masker at upper-mid frequencies relative to the maskee.

Original language	English
Article number	5257
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume	10
Issue number	15
Early online date	30 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app10155257
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2020

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