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Carl, Micalle; Icht, Michal – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: Developmental dysarthria is a motor speech impairment commonly characterized by varying levels of reduced speech intelligibility. The relationship between intelligibility deficits and acoustic vowel space among these individuals has long been noted in the literature, with evidence of vowel centralization (e.g., in English and…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Speech Impairments, Correlation, Auditory Perception
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Christmann, Corinna A.; Lachmann, Thomas; Steinbrink, Claudia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: It is unknown whether phonological deficits are the primary cause of developmental dyslexia or whether they represent a secondary symptom resulting from impairments in processing basic acoustic parameters of speech. This might be due, in part, to methodological difficulties. Our aim was to overcome two of these difficulties: the…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Dyslexia, Developmental Disabilities, Acoustics
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Khouw, Edward; Ciocca, Valter – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This study investigated formant frequencies for their role as acoustic and perceptual correlates to the place of articulation of Cantonese final stops produced by profoundly hearing impaired speakers. Method: Speakers were 10 Cantonese adolescents (mean age = 13;5 [years;months]) who were profoundly hearing impaired (HI). Control speakers…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Hearing Impairments, Adolescents, Sino Tibetan Languages