title: Effect of three conditions of predictability on word-recognition performance.
abstract: This study compared the effects of three conditions of word predictability on recognition performance. Word-recognition scores were obtained for 30 normally hearing listeners using three pairs of sentence lists. Each list contained target words preceded by a variety of predictability-high (PH) and predictability-low (PL) phrases and a constant predictability-neutral carrier phrase (CP) in three signal-to-babble ratio (S/B) listening conditions (-5, 0, and +5 dB). Significant differences (p less than .05) were observed between PH, PL, and CP word-recognition scores for specific S/B's and pairs of sentence lists. The results were interpreted in terms of cognitive processing tasks associated with the various semantic and contextual cues provided by each condition of word predictability.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Craig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception