A PHONETICALLY BALANCED MODIFIED RHYME TEST FOR EVALUATING CATALAN SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY

Francesc Alías & Manuel Pablo Triviño
Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle. Ramon Llull University

ID 1210
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This work introduces a phonetically balanced modified rhyme test (MRT) for evaluating Catalan speech intelligibility. The proposal contents fulfill the standard MRT restrictions, besides yielding phonetic balanced word ensembles so as to avoid biasing the test to scarcely representative phonemes. Hence, it allows testing the intelligibility of any communication system delivering Catalan speech by means of a unique phonetic meaningful comparison framework.