Some experiments on the recognition of speech, with one and with two ears
Shadowing with two messages; listeners detected a male-to-female voice change in the rejected ear but could not identify words; on a switch to German one listener assumed English; the paper uses the phrase 'cocktail party problem'. Author affiliation Imperial College, University of London, and MIT.
Shadowing with two messages; listeners detected a male-to-female voice change in the rejected ear but could not identify words; on a switch to German one listener assumed English; the paper uses the phrase 'cocktail party problem'. Author affiliation Imperial College, University of London, and MIT.
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25, 975-979. doi:10.1121/1.1907229. Full text read: shadowing with two messages; listeners detected a male-to-female voice change in the rejected ear but could not identify words; on a switch to German one listener assumed English; the paper uses the phrase 'cocktail party problem'. Author affiliation Imperial College, University of London, and MIT.