{
  "id": 3784333,
  "title": "The Effect of Plosive Content on the Loudness Perception of Vowel-Consonant-Vowel Syllables in Listeners with Sensorineural Hearing Loss",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/the-effect-of-plosive-content-on-the-loudness-perception-of-vowel",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.26.747282v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The study examined if plosive consonants produce a louder perceived sound compared to non-plosive consonants among individuals with sensorineural hearing loss. Researchers employed the method of adjustment in a loudness matching experiment. The participants were 19 native English speakers, aged around 61, experiencing mild to moderate high-frequency hearing loss due to aging. Thirteen nonsensical vowel-consonant-vowel syllables were used, all with the vowel /u/. The results showed no significant difference (P = 0.94) in loudness between plosive-containing and non-plosive-containing VCV syllables. However, six individual VCV syllables containing various consonant types showed significant loudness matching data (P).",
  "summary": "Objective: This study investigated whether plosive consonants carry a perceptual loudness weighting that significantly exceeds that of non-plosive consonants when judged by hearing-impaired listeners. Design: A prospective loudness matching experiment utilizing the method of adjustment. Study Sample: 19 consenting native English speakers (Mean age: 61.4, SD: 16.4) with bilateral mild to moderate…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}