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Yang, Jing; Xu, Li – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the acoustic profile and to evaluate the intelligibility of vowel productions in prelingually deafened, Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs). Method: Twenty-five children with CIs and 20 age-matched children with normal hearing (NH) were recorded producing a list of Mandarin…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Deafness, Vowels, Acoustics
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Neel, Amy T.; Palmer, Phyllis M.; Sprouls, Gwyneth; Morrison, Leslie – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: We documented speech and voice characteristics associated with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). Although it is a rare disease, OPMD offers the opportunity to study the impact of myopathic weakness on speech production in the absence of neurologic deficits in a relatively homogeneous group of speakers. Methods: Twelve individuals…
Descriptors: Diseases, Speech Impairments, Muscular Strength, Speech Communication