Effect on speech intelligibility of changes in speech production influenced by instructions and communication environments

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-94

  Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^a,b   Goy, Huiwen ^a   Van Lieshout, Pascal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clear speech; Intertalker differences; Lombard effect; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953144514     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252100     Document Type: Review

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