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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Audit Neurosci. 1996 Apr 24;3(2):135–162.

TABLE VI.

Effects of Vowel Level on Q Values for Second Formant Changes in Noise.

Vowel
Level
2nd
Formant
High SR Medium SR Low SR Total
33 dB SPL 2000 6.16 Not tested Not tested
1900 4.93
1800 4.37
1750 3.46
1725 2.77
43 dB SPL 2000 4.44 Not tested Not tested
1900 3.55
1800 3.15
1750 2.49
1725 1.99
53 dB SPL 2000 3.76 3.94 4.15 6.77
1900 3.00 3.15 3.32 5.41
1800 2.66 2.80 2.95 4.80
1750 2.11 2.21 2.33 3.80
1725 1.69 1.77 1.65 3.04
63 dB SPL 2000 3.21 3.74 4.20 6.41
1900 2.57 2.99 3.36 5.12
1800 2.28 2.65 2.98 4.54
1750 1.80 2.10 2.36 3.60
1725 1.44 1.68 1.88 2.87
73 dB SPL 2000 3.49 3.74 3.82 6.31
1900 2.79 2.99 3.06 5.05
1800 2.48 2.65 2.71 4.48
1750 1.96 2.10 2.15 3.55
1725 1.57 1.68 1.71 2.83