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Intelligibility of oesophageal and tracheo-oesophageal speech: preliminary observations
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Max, Ludo Bruyn, Wendy De Steurs, Wendy |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Description | Journal: International journal of language & communication disorders The purpose of this study was to compare the intelligibility of two types of alaryngeal speech commonly used after total laryngectomy. Four male oesophageal speakers and four male tracheo-oesophageal speakers read a series of monosyllabic words, multisyllabic words and sentences. The monosyllabic word list consisted of several minimal pairs for each of eight phonetic contrasts; multisyllabic words and sentences were not selected on specific phonetic grounds. Audio recordings of all subjects' readings were presented to eight naïve adult listeners who completed both an item identification task and a scaling procedure. The item identification task revealed higher intelligibility fpr tracheo-oesophageal speakers than for oesophageal speakers during the monosyllabic word condition. Results from the scaling procedure indicated that listeners' subjective intelligibility ratings were also higher for the tracheo-oesophageal speakers than for the oesophageal speakers. Moreover, a high positive correlation was found between the speakers' intelligibility scores obtained from the word identification task and the scaling procedure. |
| Related Links | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3109/13682829709082257/pdf |
| Ending Page | 440 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| Starting Page | 429 |
| ISSN | 13682822 |
| e-ISSN | 14606984 |
| DOI | 10.3109/13682829709082257 |
| Journal | International journal of language & communication disorders |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: International journal of language & communication disorders Audiology and Language Intelligibility |
| Content Type | Text |
| Subject | Speech and Hearing Linguistics and Language |
