This work deals with the duration of voicing and silence periods of continuous speech in
rooms with very different reverberation times (RTs). Measurements were conducted using …

The relationship between reverberation times and the voicing and silence accumulations of
continuous speech was quantified in 22 primary-school teachers. Teachers were divided …

This work deals with the effect of very low and excessive reverberation on speech sound
pressure levels. Measurements were carried out in a semi-anechoic and reverberant room …

Speech rate, a variable used frequently in psychological research, is usually indexed by
number of words (spoken) per minute (WPM), the estimation of which is exceedingly time …

Ordinary speech contains disfluencies in the form of hesitations and repairs. When listeners
make global judgements on speech fluency they are influenced by the frequency and nature …

Two experiments asked whether listeners can judge word rate from a speech signal that has
been degraded in various ways. In the first, the rates of spontaneous speech were increased …

This study is part of a larger project, the aim of which is to develop a method for collecting
voice data in working places. In this part, maximally sustained phonation was studied to …

Speech sounds have been described as bundles of con-stituent distinctive features
(Liberman, Cooper, Shankweiler, and Studdeft-Kennedy, 1967; Jakobson, Fant, and Halle …

This study investigated speaking rate and voice onset time (VOT) in speech produced during
simultaneous communication (SC) by speakers with normal hearing. Stimulus words …

Studies of filled and silent pauses performed in the last two decades are reviewed in order to
determine the significance of pauses for the speaker. Following a brief history, the …