This chapter focuses on the characteristics and effectiveness of clear speech (CS) aimed at
enhancing intelligibility for adult interlocutors with perceptual difficulties arising from hearing …

Understanding of the behavioural, cognitive and neural underpinnings of speech production
is of interest theoretically, and is important for understanding disorders of speech production …

Purpose The perceptual consequences of rate reduction, increased vocal intensity, and
clear speech were studied in speakers with multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease …

Purpose The impact of clear speech, increased vocal intensity, and rate reduction on
acoustic characteristics of vowels was compared in speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Abstract Background/purpose Individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) often exhibit
decreased range of movement secondary to the disease process, which has been shown to …

Purpose This study investigated how different instructions for eliciting clear speech affected
selected acoustic measures of speech. Method Twelve speakers were audio-recorded …

Purpose The authors investigated how different variants of clear speech affect segmental
and suprasegmental acoustic measures of speech in speakers with Parkinson's disease and …

Since Parkinson's Disease (PD) primarily affects older people, a majority of PD patients
have age‐related hearing loss (HL) that will worsen over time. The goal of this study was to …

Mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a growing interest in the
functional impact of masks on speech and communication. Prior work has shown that masks …

Purpose To further understand the effect of Parkinson's disease (PD) on articulatory
movements in speech and to expand our knowledge of therapeutic treatment strategies, this …