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Effects of Multitasker Babble Noise on Speech Intelligibility in Children with Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI)
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Hosseinabad, Hedieh Hashemi; Bai, Xiuqin – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Intelligibility measurement is influenced by the characteristics of a speaker, listener and contextual factors. This study addresses the clinical problem of measuring speech intelligibility in children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in real-world conditions. Aims: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of…
Descriptors: Intelligibility, Measurement, Speech Communication, Speech Impairments
Updating the Spectral Correlation Index: Integrating Audibility and Band Importance Using Speech Intelligibility Index Weights
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Ellis, Gregory M.; Souza, Pamela – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
The original Spectral Correlation Index (SCI[underscore o]) is a measure of amplitude envelope distortion that has been used in several studies to predict behavioral results. Because the original SCI[underscore o] did not account for the differential contribution of particular frequency bands to speech intelligibility (i.e., band importance) or…
Descriptors: Intelligibility, Sentences, Comparative Analysis, Prediction
Vowel Production in Prelingually Deafened Mandarin-Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants
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Yang, Jing; Xu, Li – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the acoustic profile and to evaluate the intelligibility of vowel productions in prelingually deafened, Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs). Method: Twenty-five children with CIs and 20 age-matched children with normal hearing (NH) were recorded producing a list of Mandarin…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Deafness, Vowels, Acoustics
The Effect of Shadowing in Learning L2 Segments: A Perspective from Phonetic Convergence
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Ruqayyah Althubyani – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the role that phonetic convergence plays in the acquisition of L2 segments. In particular, it examined whether phonetic convergence towards native speakers could help Arabic-speaking second-language (L2) learners of English improve their pronunciation of four problematic English segments (/p, v, [open-mid front…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Phonetics
Glottalization and Linking in the L2 Speech of Czech Learners of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
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Skarnitzl, Radek; Cermák, Petr; Šturm, Pavel; Obstová, Zora; Hricsina, Jan – Second Language Research, 2022
The use of linking or glottalization contributes to the characteristic sound pattern of a language, and the use of one in place of the other may affect a speaker's comprehensibility and fluency in certain contexts. In this study, native speakers of Czech, a language that is associated with a frequent use of glottalization in vowel-initial word…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Communication, Native Speakers
Perception of Speech Produced by Native and Nonnative Talkers by Listeners with Normal Hearing and Listeners with Cochlear Implants
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Ji, Caili; Galvin, John J.; Chang, Yi-ping; Xu, Anting; Fu, Qian-Jie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the understanding of English sentences produced by native (English) and nonnative (Spanish) talkers by listeners with normal hearing (NH) and listeners with cochlear implants (CIs). Method: Sentence recognition in noise was measured in adult subjects with CIs and subjects with NH, all of whom were…
Descriptors: Sentences, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Spanish Speaking