The Role of Lexical Tone Information in the Recognition of Mandarin Sentences in Listeners With Hearing Aids

Conclusions: Contextual and other phonemic cues (i.e., consonants and vowels) are inadequate for HA users to perceive sentences with mismatched lexical tone contours in quiet or noise. Also, HA users with better cognitive function could not compensate for the loss of lexical tone information. These results highlight the importance of accurately representing lexical tone information for Mandarin speakers using HAs.
Source: Ear and Hearing - Category: Audiology Tags: Research Article Source Type: research