@article{ref1,
title="Speech intelligibility in noise with ear protectors",
journal="Journal of otolaryngology",
year="1980",
author="Abel, S. M. and Alberti, P. W. and Riko, K.",
volume="9",
number="3",
pages="256-265",
abstract="Speech perception was tested in high level noise under controlled laboratory conditions in noise-exposed workmen and normal subjects, with and without a hearing protector. The group was further divided by age and English fluency, the latter group being included because of the high proportion of non-fluent English speakers in the Canadian workforce. In normal-hearing subjects the highest discrimination scores were found without background noise, they were lower with white noise as a masker, and even lower with crowd noise as a masker; wearing of a protector had no effect on intelligibility. The results for non-fluent English speakers were parallel with these results, but the scores were lower in all test conditions. In the presence of a high frequency hearing loss speech discrimination was lower than in the normals in quiet and in noise. The addition of a hearing protector dropped their discrimination score even further. In a flat hearing loss, wearing of a protector also worsened the speech discrimination score. The results are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0381-6605",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}