Essays about: "Speech perception"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 73 essays containing the words Speech perception.

  1. 1. Comparison between the SiP-test (Situated Phoneme test) and conventional Swedish SIN (TiB)-test (Speech in Noise Test). : An experimental comparison of two methods for speech perception in people with Arabic as mother tongue.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Elpida Saridou; [2023]
    Keywords : Speech perception; speech recognition test; speech in noise test; speech test; Swedish speech perception test; situated phoneme test; non-native; bilingualism;

    Abstract : Background: The difficulties for people to understand and perceive speech in second languages in the presence of background noise is well documented in the literature. Similar difficulties have been reported in bilinguals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is there a correlation between the ability to recognise speech-in-noise and sensory memory?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Stella Svedberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Speech-in-noise; Sensory memory; Hagerman test; Pearson correlation; t-test;

    Abstract : Recently, research has begun to pay more attention to the cognitive functions associated with auditory perception. In this study, two tests are performed to investigate the correlation between the ability to recognise speech-in-noise and the performance of sensory memory, as well as to investigate whether the performance would improve during the sensory memory test. READ MORE

  4. 3. Neural Asymmetry in the Perception of South Swedish Word Accents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Fonetik

    Author : Huayuan Cui; [2023]
    Keywords : speech perception; South Swedish; Swedish word accents; mismatch negativity; MMN; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : South Swedish, as a dialect of modern Swedish, has two tonal word accents, accent 1 and accent 2. Regarding these two word accents, there are three groups of hypotheses on which one is more lexically specified. READ MORE

  5. 4. The role of word accents in semantic processing in South Swedish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Fonetik

    Author : Jinhee Kwon; [2023]
    Keywords : Word accents; spoken word recognition; prediction; ERP; N400; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Prosodic cues can aid speech processing by adding semantic information in lexical tones or functional information in intonational tones. Swedish word accents are considered to have stronger grammatical functions than semantic roles, although they are shaped by both lexical and intonational information structure. READ MORE

  6. 5. “We knew the 2020 US election would be unlike any other” AN ARGUMENTATION ANALYSIS OF FACEBOOK’S ROLE IN THE 2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Lisa Danielsson; [2022-08-23]
    Keywords : Argumentation analysis; CSR; democracy; Facebook; Meta; misinformation; practical discourse analysis; social media; United States;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to understand Facebook’s perception of its role in the spread of misinformation leading up to the 2020 US presidential election. Adopting the conceptual lenses of democracy and CSR, I use argumentation analysis to identify and interpret Facebook’s overall rationale in taking measures to mitigate the spread of misinformation. READ MORE