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Speech level as a function of noise and communication distance for occluded talkers
What is it about?
We speak as a function of how we hear ourselves and everything around us. Occluding the ear canal with an intra-aural device, like a hearing protection device, affects how we speak. This paper models these changes in the presence of varying levels of noise and communication distance.
Why is it important?
The changes in speech production caused by occluding the ear have a detrimental effect on communication for occluded talkers. With the rapid rise in wearable technology, including hearables (the intra-aural wearables), modeling speech production for the occluded talker is important for the advancement of this technology and the improvement of communication.