Author's Rebuttal to Smits et al. (2018), "Comment on 'Sensitivity of the Speech Intelligibility Index to the Assumed Dynamic Range' by Jin et al. (2017)"

In-Ki Jin; James M Kates; Kathryn H Arehart

doi:10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-17-0359

Author's Rebuttal to Smits et al. (2018), "Comment on 'Sensitivity of the Speech Intelligibility Index to the Assumed Dynamic Range' by Jin et al. (2017)"

J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2018 Jan 22;61(1):189-190. doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-17-0359.

Authors

In-Ki Jin¹, James M Kates², Kathryn H Arehart²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Research Institute of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
² Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.

PMID: 29305596
DOI: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-H-17-0359

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this letter is to refute the comments written by Smits, Goverts, and Versfeld (2018).

Method: Refutations to each issue including the fixed mathematical relationship between dynamic range (DR) and a fitting constant (Q value), deviating results for small DRs, and determination of Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) model parameters are described.

Results: Although Smits et al. (2018) correctly identified several issues, those comments do not diminish the results of the original article (Jin, Kates, & Arehart, 2017) in providing new insights for the SII.

Conclusions: Jin et al. (2017) clearly provided the impact of languages and DR on the SII, which was the main result of the study.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Language
Speech Intelligibility*
Speech Perception*