Dialectical Effects on Nasalance: A Multicenter, Cross-Continental Study

Autor/inn/en	Awan, Shaheen N.; Bressmann, Tim; Poburka, Bruce; Roy, Nelson; Sharp, Helen; Watts, Christopher
Titel	Dialectical Effects on Nasalance: A Multicenter, Cross-Continental Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58 (2015) 1, S.69-77 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2014_JSLHR-S-14-0077
Schlagwörter	North American English; Dialects; Acoustics; Speech; Young Adults; Effect Size; Regional Characteristics; Differences; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Amerikanisches Englisch; Dialect; Dialekt; Akustik; Speaking; Sprechen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Regionaler Faktor; Unterscheiden; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Purpose: This study investigated nasalance in speakers from six different dialectal regions across North America using recent versions of the Nasometer. It was hypothesized that many of the sound changes observed in regional dialects of North American English would have a significant impact on measures of nasalance. Method: Samples of the Zoo Passage, the Rainbow Passage, and the Nasal Sentences were collected from young adult male and female speakers (N = 300) from six North American dialectical regions (Midland/Mid-Atlantic; Inland North Canada; Inland North; North Central; South; and Western dialects). Results: Across the three passage types, effect sizes for dialect were moderate in strength and accounted for approximately 7%-9% of the variation in nasalance. Increased differences in nasalance tended to occur between speakers from distinctly different geographical regions, with the highest nasalance across all passages observed for speakers from the Texas South dialect region. Conclusion: Clinicians and researchers who use perceptual and instrumental measures of speech production should be aware that dialectical and socially acquired speech patterns may influence the acoustic characteristics of speech and may also influence the interpretation of normative expectations and typical versus disordered cutoff scores for instruments such as the Nasometer. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01