Preliminary study of the perceptual and acoustic analysis on the speech rate of normal adult: Focusing the differences of the speech rate according to the area

AbstractThe paper reports the results of a study investigating vowel reduction in the speech of non-native speakers of English. The aim was to unravel the links between reduction and speech rate, phonetic training and gender. We hypothesized that (i) Polish speakers of English reduce vowels; (ii) they speak slower than native speakers; (iii) the higher the rate, the higher the reduction degree; (iv) speakers with phonetic training reduce less than those lacking it; (v) male subjects reduce more than the female ones. In order to realize these aims, an acoustic analysis of vowels was performed on 2 hrs 42 mins of speech produced by 12 Polish speakers of English. The subjects were di-vided into an experimental group consisting of 6 students of English and a control group with 6 speakers who had no phonetic training. The obtained results positively verify that non-native speakers reduce vowels and cast some doubts on whether they speak slower than native speakers. The role of rate and gender could not be established due to statistical and methodological issues. The group with no phonetic training outperformed the group which underwent phonetic training, pointing instead to the role of exposure and perhaps music training in acquiring native-like reduction patterns.

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DIACHRONIC ASPECT OF PECULIARITIES IN PROSODY OF NEWSREEL AUDIO RECORDINGS

PROBLEMS OF SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS AND COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ◽

10.17721/2663-6530.2019.35.02 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 26-36

Author(s):

Julia Biliuk

Keyword(s):

Acoustic Analysis ◽

Speech Rate ◽

Main Idea ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Time News ◽

Audio Recordings ◽

History Of ◽

Diachronic Analysis ◽

Speech Research ◽

Second Period

The article is dedicated to a diachronic research of prosodic differences in style and delivery of information of English television discourse based on the news collection from the United Kingdom. In this research tonal, temporal and pausal features of prosody in news audio materials from different periods in the history of Great Britain are being compared. The first period represents years from 1936 to 1946, whilst the second period highlights present time news, namely 2009–2019. In order to have clearer picture news whith common theme were chosen, in particular, news which are related to the Britishroyal family. Initial sentence serves as the object of the analysis as vitally important one in informative outline, since it presents the main idea of the message. For the diachronic analysis of differences in the prosody of television discourse 30 sentences of the first group and 30 sentences of the second group were selected. The tempo is taken into consideration in the first place, then the following prosodic characteristics such as the pause and frequency of the main tone are being viewed. To identify correlations between prosodic parameters, which can be traced by perceptual observation and acoustic analysis of a collection of digitally recorded samples of television discourse sentences in diachronic comparison, a software for the phonetic speech research – Praat was used. Measurements indicate significant changes in the prosodic characteristics of a selected linguistic material from different periods of time, namely, changes in pitch configurations as well as a decrease in the speech rate and in the number of pauses in selected audio recordings of present news in comparison with the newsreels from 1936–1946 s.

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Acoustic and Articulatory Measures of Sibilant Production With and Without Auditory Feedback From a Cochlear Implant

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.3905.936 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 936-946 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Melanie L. Matthies ◽

Mario Svirsky ◽

Joseph Perkell ◽

Harlan Lane

Keyword(s):

Cochlear Implant ◽

Auditory Feedback ◽

Spectral Properties ◽

Acoustic Analysis ◽

Speech Rate ◽

Sound Level ◽

Central Tendency ◽

Auditory Cues ◽

Spectral Contrast ◽

The Subject

The articulator positions of a subject with a cochlear implant were measured with an electromagnetic midsagittal articulometer (EMMA) system with and without auditory feedback available to the subject via his implant. Acoustic analysis of sibilant productions included specific measures of their spectral properties as well as the F 3 formant amplitude. More general postural characteristics of the utterances, such as speech rate and sound level, were measured as well. Because of the mechanical and aerodynamic interdependence of the articulators, the postural variables must be considered before attributing speech improvement to the selective correction of a phonemic target with the use of auditory feedback. The tongue blade position was related to the shape and central tendency of the /∫/ spectra; however, changes in the spectral contrast between /s/ and /∫/ were not related to changes in the more general postural variables of rate and sound level. These findings suggest that the cochlear implant is providing this subject with important auditory cues that he can use to monitor his speech and maintain the phonemic contrast between /s/ and /∫/.

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Acoustic Analysis of infant cry Using Multidimensional Voice Program–A Preliminary Study

Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development ◽

10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02465.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 430 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deepa N Devadiga ◽

T Remyasree ◽

Aiswarya Liz Varghese ◽

T Ananthakrishna

Keyword(s):

Acoustic Analysis ◽

Infant Cry ◽

Preliminary Study

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Speech Rate and Rhythm in Cerebellar Dysarthria: An Acoustic Analysis of Syllabic Timing

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica ◽

10.1159/000266295 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 70-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Hermann Ackermann ◽

Ingo Hertrich

Keyword(s):

Acoustic Analysis ◽

Speech Rate

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Effect of Different Face Masks on Speech and Singing: Self-Perception and Acoustic Analysis

Annali di Ca’ Foscari Serie occidentale ◽

10.30687/annoc/2499-1562/2021/09/012 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Claire Pillot-Loiseau ◽

Bernard Harmegnies

Keyword(s):

Acoustic Analysis ◽

Self Perception ◽

Preliminary Study

The aim of this preliminary study is to better understand the effects of transparent, surgical, cloth, KN95 (FFP2), and singer’s face masks on speech and singing in French. A survey gathered self-perception, and a local and global acoustic analysis of conversational, loud spoken and sung productions by the same individual were conducted. According to the 303 subjects surveyed, plosive consonants seem to be produced with the greatest difficulty. Consonants requiring lip involvement seem to be the most affected. The transparent and KN95 (FFP2) masks attenuate the intensity of all the consonants and spoken utterances as a whole, unlike the singer’s mask.

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