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Recognition of Rapid Speech by Blind and Sighted Older Adults
2011
Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research
Purpose-The goal of this study was to determine if older blind participants recognize timecompressed speech better than older sighted participants. Method-Three groups of adults with normal hearing participated (n = 10/group): older sighted, older blind, and younger sighted listeners. Low-predictability sentences that were uncompressed (0% time compression ratio, TCR) and compressed at three rates (40%, 50%, and 60% TCR) were presented to listeners in quiet and noise. Results-Older blind
doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2010/10-0052)
pmid:20689022
pmcid:PMC3034112
fatcat:d6m74a2eb5gp7gcjunsrhbncom