This is useful for real-world applications of voice familiarisation, which may be particularly appealing to older adults who find it difficult to understand speech in noisy places. Check out the full paper here: bit.ly/4oeDPFG [5/5]

We found that both groups found trained voices more intelligible than unfamiliar voices. Therefore, these findings show that older adults can learn new voices as effectively as younger participants. [4/5]

In addition, we've previously shown that we can train new voices in the lab to become familiar and produce this intelligibility benefit for newly trained voices. In our new study, we compared groups of older (55–73 years) and younger (18–34 years) participants. [3/5]

Previous research has shown that speech is more intelligible when it is spoken by someone familiar (e.g., a friend or family member), compared with someone unfamiliar. [2/5]

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