Acoustic-phonetic characteristics of speech produced with communicative intent to counter adverse listening conditions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2139-2152

  Hazan, Valerie ^a   Baker, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABBLE NOISE; CLEAR SPEECH; COMMUNICATIVE INTENT; INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; MEAN ENERGY; SPEAKING RATE; SPEECH PRODUCTION; SPONTANEOUS INTERACTION;

LINGUISTICS; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82255167329     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3623753     Document Type: Article

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