Mandarin Chinese vowel-plus-tone identification in noise: effects of language experience.

In conclusion, the native English experience may improve native Chinese listeners' capacity to use temporal glimpses in TM noise, possibly depending on the modulation frequency and depth, while it may not improve their ability to resist the informational masking of babble when perceiving their native speech.
PMID: 26611794 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Hearing Research - November 20, 2015 Category: Audiology Authors: Li M, Wang W, Tao S, Dong Q, Guan J, Liu C Tags: Hear Res Source Type: research