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Articulatory-to-acoustic relations in response to speaking rate and loudness manipulations.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20699341     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: In this investigation, the authors determined the strength of association between tongue kinematic and speech acoustics changes in response to speaking rate and loudness manipulations. Performance changes in the kinematic and acoustic domains were measured using two aspects of speech production presumably affecting speech clarity: phonetic specification and variability.
METHOD: Tongue movements for the vowels /ia/ were recorded in 10 healthy adults during habitual, fast, slow, and loud speech using three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography. To determine articulatory-to-acoustic relations for phonetic specification, the authors correlated changes in lingual displacement with changes in acoustic vowel distance. To determine articulatory-to-acoustic relations for phonetic variability, the authors correlated changes in lingual movement variability with changes in formant movement variability.
RESULTS: A significant positive linear association was found for kinematic and acoustic specification but not for kinematic and acoustic variability. Several significant speaking task effects were also observed.
CONCLUSION: Lingual displacement is a good predictor of acoustic vowel distance in healthy talkers. The weak association between kinematic and acoustic variability raises questions regarding the effects of articulatory variability on speech clarity and intelligibility, particularly in individuals with motor speech disorders.
Authors:
Antje S Mefferd; Jordan R Green
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-08-10
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR     Volume:  53     ISSN:  1558-9102     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Speech Lang. Hear. Res.     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-30     Completed Date:  2011-02-25     Revised Date:  2011-09-30    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9705610     Medline TA:  J Speech Lang Hear Res     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1206-19     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA. antje.mefferd@wichita.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Biomechanics
Female
Humans
Loudness Perception
Male
Middle Aged
Reference Standards
Sound Spectrography / methods,  standards
Speech / classification*
Speech Acoustics*
Speech Articulation Tests / instrumentation,  methods,  standards*
Speech Intelligibility*
Verbal Behavior / classification*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DC006463-01A1/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC006463-02/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC006463-03/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC006463-04/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC006463-05/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC006463-05S1/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC009890/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC009890-01A1/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC009890-02/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC009890-03/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R01 DC009890-04/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS

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