Listener Perception of Monopitch, Naturalness, and Intelligibility for Speakers with Parkinson's Disease

Autor/inn/en	Anand, Supraja; Stepp, Cara E.
Titel	Listener Perception of Monopitch, Naturalness, and Intelligibility for Speakers with Parkinson's Disease
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58 (2015) 4, S.1134-1144 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2015_JSLHR-S-14-0243
Schlagwörter	Neurological Impairments; Speech Impairments; Listening Comprehension; Comparative Analysis; Adults; Auditory Perception; Correlation; Suprasegmentals; Quality of Life + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Hörverständnis; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Korrelation; Lebensqualität
Abstract	Purpose: Given the potential significance of speech naturalness to functional and social rehabilitation outcomes, the objective of this study was to examine the effect of listener perceptions of monopitch on speech naturalness and intelligibility in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Method: Two short utterances were extracted from monologue samples of 16 speakers with PD and 5 age-matched adults without PD. Sixteen listeners evaluated these stimuli for monopitch, speech naturalness and intelligibility using the visual sort and rate method. Results: Naïve listeners can reliably judge monopitch, speech naturalness, and intelligibility with minimal familiarization. While monopitch and speech intelligibility were only moderately correlated, monopitch and speech naturalness were highly correlated. Conclusions: A great deal of attention is currently being paid to improvement of vocal loudness and thus speech intelligibility in PD. Our findings suggest that prosodic characteristics such as monopitch should be explored as adjuncts to this treatment of dysarthria in PD. Development of such prosodic treatments may enhance speech naturalness and thus improve quality of life. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01