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Article: The effects of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese-speaking adults

TitleThe effects of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese-speaking adults
Authors
Issue Date2021
PublisherAmerican Speech - Language - Hearing Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.asha.org/about/publications/journal-abstracts/jslhr-a/
Citation
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021, v. 64 n. 1, p. 16-29 How to Cite?
AbstractPurpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese-speaking adults. Method: Speech recordings from three speakers with dysphonia secondary to phonotrauma and three speakers with healthy voices were presented to 30 healthy listeners (15 men and 15 women; Mage = 22.7 years) under six noise conditions (signal-to-noise ratio [SNR] −10, SNR −5, SNR 0, SNR +5, SNR +10) and quiet conditions. The speech recordings were composed of sentences with five different lengths: five syllables, eight syllables, 10 syllables, 12 syllables, and 15 syllables. The effects of speaker's voice quality, background noise condition, and sentence length on speech intelligibility were examined. Speech intelligibility scores were calculated based on the listener's correct judgment of the number of syllables heard as a percentage of the total syllables in each stimulus. Results: Dysphonic voices, as compared to healthy voices, were significantly more affected by background noise. Speech presented with dysphonic voices was significantly less intelligible than speech presented with healthy voices under unfavorable SNR conditions (SNR −10, SNR −5, and SNR 0 conditions). However, there was no sufficient evidence to suggest effects of sentence length on intelligibility, regardless of the speaker's voice quality or the level of background noise. Conclusions: This study provides empirical data on the impacts of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese speakers. The findings highlight the importance of educating the public about the impacts of voice quality and background noise on speech intelligibility and the potential of compensatory strategies that specifically address these barriers. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13335926
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/290675
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.827
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dc.contributor.authorMa, EPM-
dc.contributor.authorTse, MMS-
dc.contributor.authorMomenian, M-
dc.contributor.authorPu, D-
dc.contributor.authorChen, FF-
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T05:45:33Z-
dc.date.available2020-11-02T05:45:33Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021, v. 64 n. 1, p. 16-29-
dc.identifier.issn1092-4388-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/290675-
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese-speaking adults. Method: Speech recordings from three speakers with dysphonia secondary to phonotrauma and three speakers with healthy voices were presented to 30 healthy listeners (15 men and 15 women; Mage = 22.7 years) under six noise conditions (signal-to-noise ratio [SNR] −10, SNR −5, SNR 0, SNR +5, SNR +10) and quiet conditions. The speech recordings were composed of sentences with five different lengths: five syllables, eight syllables, 10 syllables, 12 syllables, and 15 syllables. The effects of speaker's voice quality, background noise condition, and sentence length on speech intelligibility were examined. Speech intelligibility scores were calculated based on the listener's correct judgment of the number of syllables heard as a percentage of the total syllables in each stimulus. Results: Dysphonic voices, as compared to healthy voices, were significantly more affected by background noise. Speech presented with dysphonic voices was significantly less intelligible than speech presented with healthy voices under unfavorable SNR conditions (SNR −10, SNR −5, and SNR 0 conditions). However, there was no sufficient evidence to suggest effects of sentence length on intelligibility, regardless of the speaker's voice quality or the level of background noise. Conclusions: This study provides empirical data on the impacts of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese speakers. The findings highlight the importance of educating the public about the impacts of voice quality and background noise on speech intelligibility and the potential of compensatory strategies that specifically address these barriers. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13335926-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Speech - Language - Hearing Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.asha.org/about/publications/journal-abstracts/jslhr-a/-
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research-
dc.titleThe effects of dysphonic voice on speech intelligibility in Cantonese-speaking adults-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailMa, EPM: estella1@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailMomenian, M: momenian@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityMa, EPM=rp00933-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00190-
dc.identifier.pmid33306439-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85099574117-
dc.identifier.hkuros317705-
dc.identifier.volume64-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.spage16-
dc.identifier.epage29-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000611186900002-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl1092-4388-

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