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Bisensory augmentation: A speechreading advantage when speech is clearly audible and intact
Author(s) -
Arnold Paul,
Hill Fiona
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1348/000712601162220
Subject(s) - speechreading , stress (linguistics) , psychology , comprehension , perception , speech perception , speech recognition , communication , audiology , face (sociological concept) , cognitive psychology , linguistics , computer science , neuroscience , medicine , philosophy
Reisberg, McLean, and Goldfield (1987) have shown that vision plays a part in the perception of speech even when the auditory signal is clearly audible and intact. Using an alternative method the present study replicated their finding. Clearly audible spoken messages were presented in audio‐only and audio‐visual conditions, and the adult participants' resulting comprehension was measured. Stories were presented in French (Expt 1), in a Glaswegian accent (Expt 2), and by presenting spoken information that was semantically and syntactically complex (Experiment 3). Three separate groups of 16 adult female participants aged 19‐21 participated in the three experiments. In all three experiments, comprehension improved significantly when the speaker's face was visible.