Abstract
The effects of frequency-place shift on consonant recognition and confusion matrices were examined. Frequency-place shift was manipulated using a noise-excited vocoder with 4 to 16 channels. In the vocoder processing, the location of the most apical carrier band varied from the matched condition (i.e., 28 mm from the base of the cochlear) to a basal shift (i.e., 22 mm from the base) in a step size of 1 mm. Ten normal-hearing subjects participated in the 20-alternative forced-choice test, where the consonants were presented in a /Ca/ context. Shift of 3 mm or more caused the consonant recognition scores to decrease significantly. The effects of spectral resolution disappeared when the amount of shift reached >or=3 mm. Information transmitted for voicing and place of articulation varied with spectral shift and spectral resolution, while information transmitted for manner was affected only by spectral shift but not spectral resolution. Spectral shift has shown specific effects on the confusion patterns of the consonants. The direction of errors reversed as spectral shift increased and the patterns of reversal were consistent across channel conditions. Overall, transmission of the consonant features can be accounted for by the acoustic features of the speech signal.
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