Clear speech perception: Linguistic and cognitive benefits

R Smiljanic - The handbook of speech perception, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The acoustic features and didactic function of foreigner-directed speech: A scoping review

G Piazza, CD Martin, M Kalashnikova - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: This scoping review considers the acoustic features of a clear speech register
directed to nonnative listeners known as foreigner-directed speech (FDS). We identify vowel …

Effects of wearing face masks while using different speaking styles in noise on speech intelligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic

H Yi, A Pingsterhaus, W Song - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the recommended/required use of face masks in
public. The use of a face mask compromises communication, especially in the presence of …

Comparison of intelligibility measures for adults with Parkinson's disease, adults with multiple sclerosis, and healthy controls

KL Stipancic, K Tjaden, G Wilding - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2016 - ASHA
Purpose This study obtained judgments of sentence intelligibility using orthographic
transcription for comparison with previously reported intelligibility judgments obtained using …

Clear speech variants: An acoustic study in Parkinson's disease

J Lam, K Tjaden - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016 - ASHA
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 …

Linking variation in perception and production in sound change: Evidence from Dutch obstruent devoicing

AF Pinget, R Kager… - Language and Speech, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the link between the perception and production in sound change in
progress, both at the regional and the individual level. Two devoicing processes showing …

[HTML][HTML] Vowel space area in later childhood and adolescence: Effects of age, sex and ease of communication

M Pettinato, O Tuomainen, S Granlund, V Hazan - Journal of Phonetics, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated vowel space area (VSA) development in childhood and adolescence
and its impact on the ability to hyperarticulate vowels. In experiment 1, 96 participants aged …

Acoustic characteristics of clearly spoken English tense and lax vowels

KKW Leung, A Jongman, Y Wang… - The Journal of the …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Clearly produced vowels exhibit longer duration and more extreme spectral properties than
plain, conversational vowels. These features also characterize tense relative to lax vowels …

[图书][B] The actuation of sound change

AF Pinget - 2015 - lotpublications.nl
Two sound changes in progress in the Dutch language are selected: the devoicing of initial
labiodental fricatives and of initial bilabial stops. The study is articulated around a series of …

Slower speaking rate reduces listening effort among listeners with cochlear implants

MB Winn, KH Teece - Ear and hearing, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Slowed speaking rate was examined for its effects on speech intelligibility, its
interaction with the benefit of contextual cues, and the impact of these factors on listening …