The influence of acoustics on speech production: A noise-induced stress phenomenon known as the Lombard reflex

Speech Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-22

  Junqua, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Panasonic Corporation of North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Lombard reflex; Noise; Relational invariance; Speech perception; Speech production; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

LOMBARD REFLEX; NOISE INDUCED STRESSES;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030291067     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(96)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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