Accession Number:

ADA582336

Title:

Spatial Hearing, Attention and Informational Masking in Speech Identification

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 1 Aug 2008-30 Nov 2011

Corporate Author:

BOSTON UNIV MA

Personal Author(s):

• Kidd, Jr, Gerald

Report Date:

2012-09-12

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

During the award period covered by this report 12-1-2008 through 11-30-2011 the research groups at Boston University and at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have collaborated on portions of the work described in the following progress report. These collaborative efforts have taken several forms including consultation regarding experimental design, jointly conducted experiments, sharing of results, discussions of the interpretation and theoretical implications of research findings, and the planning of new studies. A brief overview of our collaborative projects is given in the following paragraph with specific examples provided throughout the report.

Descriptors:

• *ATTENTION
• *HEARING
• *SPEECH
• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• REPORTS
• SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• UNIVERSITIES

Subject Categories:

• Voice Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE