Telephone Transmission and Earwitnesses: Performance on Voice Parades Controlled for Voice Similarity.
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Publication Date
2015Journal Title
Phonetica
ISSN
0031-8388
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Volume
72
Pages
257-272
Language
English
Type
Article
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McDougall, K., Nolan, F., & Hudson, T. (2015). Telephone Transmission and Earwitnesses: Performance on Voice Parades Controlled for Voice Similarity.. Phonetica, 72 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1159/000439385
Abstract
The effect of telephone transmission on a listener's ability to recognise a speaker in a voice parade is investigated. A hundred listeners (25 per condition) heard 1 of 5 'target' voices, then returned a week later for a voice parade. The 4 conditions were: target exposure and parade both at studio quality; exposure and parade both at telephone quality; studio exposure with telephone parade, and vice versa. Fewer correct identifications followed from telephone exposure and parade (64%) than from studio exposure and parade (76%). Fewer still resulted for studio exposure/telephone parade (60%) and, dramatically, only 32% for telephone exposure/studio parade. Certain speakers were identified more readily than others across all conditions. Confidence ratings reflected this effect of speaker, but not the effect of exposure/parade condition.
Keywords
earwitness evidence, telephone transmission, voice identification, voice line-ups, voice parades
Sponsorship
ESRC; British Academy
Funder references
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/F028814/1)
ESRC (RES-000-23-1248)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000439385
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/254465
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