The Speaker Identification Ability of Blind and Sighted Listeners: An Empirical Investigation

Braun, Almut

Almut Braun carried out forensic phonetic speaker identification experiments (voice lineups) with 306 lay listeners. Blind listeners significantly outperformed sighted listeners when the speech recordings were presented in studio quality. For recordings in mobile phone quality or of whispering voices, blind and sighted listeners achieved similar results. The data can be used as reference material for real cases with blind earwitnesses. Furthermore, it is discussed whether blind individuals are particularly suitable to work as forensic audio analysts for law enforcement agencies.

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Published by: Springer VS

Publication Date: 2016-08-08

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783658151973

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-15198-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 133