The effect of speech and speech intelligibility on task performance

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A study was conducted to find out the effects of three different sound environments (speech, masked speech and continuous noise) on performance of cognitive tasks of varying complexity. Subjects assessed `speech' as most disturbing, subjective arousal was highest in masked speech and lowest in continuous noise, while continuous noise annoyed the least, suggesting that performance in real open-plan offices could be improved by reducing speech intelligibility.

Influence, Work environment, Speech

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Modelling diagnosis in physical therapy: A blackboard framework and models of experts and novices

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Clinical reasoning in physical therapy was explored and through modelling the diagnostic phase of such reasoning the similarities and differences is highlighted. In a comparison of novice and expert physical therapists it was observed that the lack of diagnoses or incorrect diagnoses resulted in poor quality of treatment prescription.

HEALTH SERVICES, Diagnostic Procedures, Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories, Models, Diagnosis, Physical therapy, Therapeutics, Physiological, Musculoskeletal diseases, Report

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Physical workload during use of speech recognition and traditional computer input devices

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The musculoskeletal workload during computer work using speech recognition and traditional computer devices is investigated. Findings revealed that using speech recognition during text entry and text editing reduced the static muscle activity of the forearm, neck and to some extent the shoulder muscles.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Technological innovations, Voice recognition, Speech recognition, Load balancing (Computers), Load balancing

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