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Hosseinabad, Hedieh Hashemi; Bai, Xiuqin – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Intelligibility measurement is influenced by the characteristics of a speaker, listener and contextual factors. This study addresses the clinical problem of measuring speech intelligibility in children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in real-world conditions. Aims: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of…
Descriptors: Intelligibility, Measurement, Speech Communication, Speech Impairments
Hitoshi Nishizawa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many studies evidence the flexibility of speech perception in the first language (L1), which allows rapid adaptation to unfamiliar foreign accents. Two influential studies by Bradlow and Bent (2008) and a follow-up study by Baese-Berk et al. (2013) found that increased variability as a function of the number of talkers and accents facilitated the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Auditory Perception, Pronunciation