Intelligibility of Speech Produced during Simultaneous Communication

Autor/inn/en	Whitehead, Robert L.; Schiavetti, Nicholas; MacKenzie, Douglas J.; Metz, Dale Evan
Titel	Intelligibility of Speech Produced during Simultaneous Communication
Quelle	In: Journal of Communication Disorders, 37 (2004) 3, S.241-253 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9924
DOI	10.1016/j.jcomdis.2003.10.001
Schlagwörter	Cues; Sign Language; Mutual Intelligibility; Speech Communication; Hearing Impairments; Language Role; Total Communication; Listening Comprehension; Auditory Discrimination; Phonemes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Gebärdensprache; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Hörverständnis; Fonem
Abstract	This study investigated the overall intelligibility of speech produced during simultaneous communication (SC). Four hearing, experienced sign language users were recorded under SC and speech alone (SA) conditions speaking Boothroyd's (1985) forced-choice phonetic contrast material designed for measurement of speech intelligibility. Twelve hearing-impaired listeners participated, with three of them randomly assigned to audit the speech sample provided by each one of the four speakers under the SC and SA conditions. Although results indicated longer sentence durations for SC than SA, results showed no difference in the overall intelligibility of speech produced during SC versus speech produced during SA, nor any difference in pattern of phonetic contrast recognition errors during SC. This conclusion is consistent with previous research indicating that temporal alterations produced by SC do not produce degradation of temporal or spectral cues in speech or disruption of the perception of specific English phoneme segments. Learning outcomes: As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to (1) describe simultaneous communication; (2) explain the role of simultaneous communication in communication with children who are deaf; (3) discuss methods of measuring speech intelligibility; and (4) specify the ability of listeners to perceive speech produced during simultaneous communication. (Author).
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