...Tak Fai Hui; Steven Randall Cox; Ting Huang; Wei-Rong Chen; Manwa Lawrence Ng Background/Aim: The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary data concerning the effect of clear speech (CS) on Cantonese alaryngeal speakers’ intelligibility. Methods: Voice recordings of 11 sentences randomly...

...Alison Behrman; Ali Akhund Objective: This study investigated the effects of clear speech and loud voice on the use of vocal fry in women. Methods: Twenty healthy-voiced young women who used a moderate amount of vocal fry when reading aloud in conversational-style speech (defined as a minimum...

... as relationships among measures were examined. Results: Average and maximum F2 slope metrics were strongly correlated, but only average F2 slope consistently differed among groups and conditions, with shallower slopes for the PD group and steeper slopes for Clear speech versus Habitual and Loud. Clear and Loud...

...Jennifer Lam; Kris Tjaden Objective: The acoustic basis of intelligibility associated with varied clear speech instructions was studied. Meth ods: Twelve healthy speakers read 18 sentences in ‘habitual', ‘clear', ‘hearing impaired' and ‘overenunciate' conditions. The latter 3 conditions...