"Dip listening" or "Modulation Masking": how to end up in a blind (v)alley Michael Stone, University of Manchester
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![](http://s2.studylib.net/store/data/012096610_1-99e85e08f29985ea514441075ca0c5b7-768x994.png ""Dip listening" or "Modulation Masking": how to end up in a blind (v)alley Michael Stone, University of Manchester")
UCLSpeechScienceForum Friday26thFebruary2016,10am,G15 "Diplistening"or"ModulationMasking":howtoendupin ablind(v)alley MichaelStone,UniversityofManchester Abstract Theabilitytounderstandspeechinthepresenceofafluctuatingbackground noiseisoneofthemarvelsofthehumanauditorysystem.Justhowdowe assemblethecomponentsofspeechthatonlybrieflypopupoutofanocean ofbackgroundnoise?Onetheoryisthatwelisteninthe"dips"ofthe backgroundnoisewherethetargetsignalisbrieflymoreaudible.Aswith mosttheories,theneedforrefinementisoftensuggestedbyexperiment. Recentexperimentssuggestthatourunderstandingof,andourpursuitof "restoring"dip-listeninginthehearingimpairedhasledusupsomeblind alleys.Thistalkwillreviewsomeoftheserecentexperiments.
