Speaking clearly for the hearing impaired: intelligibility differences between clear and less clear speakers.
The clarity of the speech of 12 speakers was assessed by intelligibility tests with hearing impaired subjects and from self-ratings about the speaker's ability to communicate with such listeners. The results of these tests correlate positively. Self-ratings account for approximately 60% of the variance. Thus self-ratings can be used as a convenient practical way of establishing an individual speaker's clarity.
Howell
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University College London, UK.
Bonnett
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation; D013065:Speech Intelligibility