Assessment of evaluation measures for processed speech

Abstract The present study uses a range of speech intelligibility measures to examine their effectiveness in the evaluation of highly intelligible processed speech. The results show that speech stimuli which are not differentiated by traditional intelligibility measures can be differentiated by more sensitive test methodologies. The results indicate the value of including more sensitive tests of speech intelligibility in evaluation protocols for processed speech.

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