Lombard effect
Efecto Lombard
- Date
- 1909 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Étienne Lombard
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Involuntary tendency to raise the volume and change the pitch of one's voice when speaking in noisy environments, described by French otolaryngologist Étienne Lombard.
What it led to
- Tests for detecting simulated hearing loss
- Improvements in speech-recognition systems for noisy environments
- Research on auditory feedback in speech production
- Applications in clinical audiology