Objective:The purpose of the study was to evaluate listening effort in adults who experience varied annoyance towards noise.Materials and methods:Fifty native Kannada-speaking adults aged 41e68 years participated.We e...Objective:The purpose of the study was to evaluate listening effort in adults who experience varied annoyance towards noise.Materials and methods:Fifty native Kannada-speaking adults aged 41e68 years participated.We evaluated the participant's acceptable noise level while listening to speech.Further,a sentence-final wordidentification and recall test at 0 dB SNR(less favorable condition)and 4 dB SNR(relatively favorable condition)was used to assess listening effort.The repeat and recall scores were obtained for each condition.Results:The regression model revealed that the listening effort increased by 0.6%at 0 dB SNR and by 0.5%at 4 dB SNR with every one-year advancement in age.Listening effort increased by 0.9%at 0 dB SNR and by 0.7%at 4 dB SNR with every one dB change in the value of Acceptable Noise Level(ANL).At 0 dB SNR and 4 dB SNR,a moderate and mild negative correlation was noted respectively between listening effort and annoyance towards noise when the factor age was controlled.Conclusion:Listening effort increases with age,and its effect is more in less favorable than in relatively favorable conditions.However,if the annoyance towards noise was controlled,the impact of age on listening effort was reduced.Listening effort correlated with the level of annoyance once the age effect was controlled.Furthermore,the listening effort was predicted from the ANL to a moderate degree.展开更多
本文阐述了使用"Cool Edit Pro 2.1"录音软件制作外语听力音频试题的应用实践,从而解决了没有专业录音室和专业录音设备的情况下,如何制作高质量的录音音频试题的困难,为大多数教师在制作录音音频试题时,提供了应用实践的方...本文阐述了使用"Cool Edit Pro 2.1"录音软件制作外语听力音频试题的应用实践,从而解决了没有专业录音室和专业录音设备的情况下,如何制作高质量的录音音频试题的困难,为大多数教师在制作录音音频试题时,提供了应用实践的方法、步骤、注意事项等.对使用普通录音机制作音频试题时出现的噪音的消除、试题的顺序调整、各题之间间隔调整等难以解决的问题,变得迎刃而解,十分容易.展开更多
文摘Objective:The purpose of the study was to evaluate listening effort in adults who experience varied annoyance towards noise.Materials and methods:Fifty native Kannada-speaking adults aged 41e68 years participated.We evaluated the participant's acceptable noise level while listening to speech.Further,a sentence-final wordidentification and recall test at 0 dB SNR(less favorable condition)and 4 dB SNR(relatively favorable condition)was used to assess listening effort.The repeat and recall scores were obtained for each condition.Results:The regression model revealed that the listening effort increased by 0.6%at 0 dB SNR and by 0.5%at 4 dB SNR with every one-year advancement in age.Listening effort increased by 0.9%at 0 dB SNR and by 0.7%at 4 dB SNR with every one dB change in the value of Acceptable Noise Level(ANL).At 0 dB SNR and 4 dB SNR,a moderate and mild negative correlation was noted respectively between listening effort and annoyance towards noise when the factor age was controlled.Conclusion:Listening effort increases with age,and its effect is more in less favorable than in relatively favorable conditions.However,if the annoyance towards noise was controlled,the impact of age on listening effort was reduced.Listening effort correlated with the level of annoyance once the age effect was controlled.Furthermore,the listening effort was predicted from the ANL to a moderate degree.
文摘本文阐述了使用"Cool Edit Pro 2.1"录音软件制作外语听力音频试题的应用实践,从而解决了没有专业录音室和专业录音设备的情况下,如何制作高质量的录音音频试题的困难,为大多数教师在制作录音音频试题时,提供了应用实践的方法、步骤、注意事项等.对使用普通录音机制作音频试题时出现的噪音的消除、试题的顺序调整、各题之间间隔调整等难以解决的问题,变得迎刃而解,十分容易.
