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by alexnking 3951 days ago
Did anyone else understand the first sample without knowing you had to hear the clear version first?
4 comments

Yes, I skipped the text at first and wanting to see what this sine wave speech sounded like just clicked on the first sample. I understood all but a word or two on the first play through. After reading the text I seem to do about the same on the other samples as well.

Interestingly for me, although standard hearing tests show I have good hearing (somewhat above average for my age despite experiencing minor tinnitus) I seem to be worse than normal at understanding speech in noisy environments (e.g. near loud engines).

Yes, but only after 2-3 listens.
Ditto -- took me two listens to get half of it, a third listen to understand fully.
Yes, except one word. But I'm not a native speaker.
Yes
Only the last one, but I guess that's not bad for a non-native English speaker.
Took me three tries but my wife got it on the first listen.