Purpose Data on vowel formants have been derived primarily from static measures
representing an assumed steady state. This review summarizes data on formant frequencies …

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 …

Purpose This study investigated acoustic–phonetic modifications produced in noise-adapted
speech (NAS) and clear speech (CS) by children, young adults, and older adults. Method …

Vowel space area (VSA) calculated on the basis of corner vowels has emerged as a metric
for the study of regional variation, speech intelligibility and speech development. This paper …

Digital games may benefit children's learning, yet the factors that induce gaming benefits to
cognition are not well known. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of digital game …

Hyperarticulation is an acoustic modification of the speech stream that has been reliably
shown to be naturally part of clear speech. Despite the large number of studies that have …

Purpose: This study investigates the perceptual and acoustic correlates of gender in
prepubertal voices. The study is part of a longitudinal project analyzing recordings of circa …

This study investigated the relation between the intelligibility of conversational and clear
speech produced by older and younger adults and (a) the acoustic profile of their speech (b) …

Purpose This study investigated the acoustic characteristics of spontaneous speech by
talkers aged 9–14 years and their ability to adapt these characteristics to maintain effective …

Albanian comprises two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk, as well as a Tosk-based standard
variety. The study was concerned with the extent to which the vocalic system of Southern …