TABLE 3.
A list of stimuli used in experiment 1
Stimulus No. | Acoustic Ear | Electric Ear | Set A | Set B | Description |
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1 | Full bandwidth | — | x | x | Normal hearing ear only |
2 | — | Full bandwidth | x | x | Electric ear only |
3 | Full bandwidth | Full bandwidth | x | x | Acoustic and electric |
4 | Low-pass filter: 250 Hz | — | x | — | Hearing loss simulation |
5 | Low-pass filter: 500 Hz | — | x | — | Hearing loss simulation |
6 | Low-pass filter: 1000 Hz | — | x | — | Hearing loss simulation |
7 | Low-pass filter: 250 Hz | Full bandwidth | x | x | Bimodal user simulation |
8 | Low-pass filter: 500 Hz | Full bandwidth | x | x | Bimodal user simulation |
9 | Low-pass filter: 1000 Hz | Full bandwidth | x | x | Bimodal user simulation |
10 | Low-pass filter: 250 Hz | High-pass filter: 250 Hz | — | x | Bimodal simulation without overlapping frequencies |
11 | Low-pass filter: 500 Hz | High-pass filter: 500 Hz | — | x | Bimodal simulation without overlapping frequencies |
12 | Low-pass filter: 1000 Hz | High-pass filter: 1000 Hz | — | x | Bimodal simulation without overlapping frequencies |
13 | 6-channel noise vocoder with 6.5 mm shift | — | x | x | Low quality anchor stimulus which presumably sounds worse than all other stimuli |