Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of filtering and vowel environment on consonant perception. Sixteen consonants in consonant-vowel (CV) combination with seven vowels were recorded on tape, low-pass filtered, and played back to a group of listeners. In general, the results indicated that /t, k, b, d, g, s, f, z, w, r, n/ are affected by filter cutoff points, that /k, g, f, v, m/ show multivowel effects, and that /p, b, d, j, n/ show consistently lower scores only when followed by /i/. As expected, error types were predominantly “place” with “manner,” voicing,” and “nasality” errors occurring only at the less favorable cutoff frequencies. The results were discussed in terms of the predictability of the effects as a function of CV-transition characteristics and the suitability of small sample phonetically balanced word lists for assessing speech discrimination of individulas with high-frequency hearing loss.

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