Journal:
:auditory and vestibular research
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seyyedeh zeynab nureddini department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
ali mohammadzadeh department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
majid ashrafi department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
seyyed mehdi tabatabai department of statistics, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
leyla jalilvand karimi department of audiology, school of rehabilitation, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
background and aim: speech understanding almost never occurs in silence. verbal communication often occurs in environments where multiple speakers are talking. in such environments, babbling noise masks speech comprehension. consonants, in comparison to vowels, are more sensitive to noise masking. consonants provide most acoustic information needed for comprehending the meaning of the word. sin...