Face Mask Effects on Acoustic Features and Intelligibility of Mandarin Chinese Speech
Acoustically, face masks led to smaller TM depth, slower speaking rate, shallower spectral tilt, higher mean <i>F</i>0 and smaller standard deviation of <i>F</i>0 in Mandarin Chinese running speech, and perceptually resulted in lower speech intelligibility in noise, but had no impact on speech intelligibility in quiet. Findings also suggest that certain acoustic characteristics (e.g., TM depth and spectral tilt) play important roles on speech intelligibility, especially in challenging listening conditions.
Authors
- Libo Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2327-0851)
- Guoli YAN (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6876-0819)
- Can Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-5367)
- Chang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-6827)
- Yao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5798-2282)
- Lihong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-2364)
- Wei Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6277-9609)
- Lei Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0642-6291)
Institutions
- Tianjin Normal University (CN)
- Western Washington University (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_jslhr-24-00446
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.43