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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2015.7.1.027

Effects of Background Noises on Speech-related Variables of Adults who Stutter  

Park, Jin (충남대학교)
Oh, Sunyoung (홍콩시티대학)
Jun, Je-Pyo (전북대학교대학원 언어치료학과/음성과학연구소)
Kang, Jin Seok (전주기전대학교 언어치료학과)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.7, no.1, 2015 , pp. 27-37 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was mainly aimed at investigating on the effects of background noises (i.e., white noise, multi-speaker conversational babble) on stuttering rate and other speech-related measures (i.e., articulation rate, speech effort). Nine Korean-speaking adults who stutter participated in the study. Each of the participants was asked to read a series of passages under each of four experimental conditions (i.e., typical solo reading (TR), choral reading (CR), reading under white noise presented (WR), reading with multi-speaker conversational babble presented (BR). Stuttering rate was computed based on a percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) and articulation rate was also assessed as another speech-related measure under each of the experimental conditions. To examine the amount of physical effort needed to read, the speech effort was measured by using the 9-point Speech Effort Self Rating Scale originally employed by Ingham et al. (2006). Study results showed that there were no significant differences among each of the passage reading conditions in terms of stuttering rate, articulation rate, and speech effort. In conclusion, it can be argued that the two different types of background noises (i.e., white noise and multi-speaker conversational babble) are not different in the extent to which each of them enhances fluency of adults who stutter. Self ratings of speech effort may be also useful in measuring speech-related variables associated with vocal changes induced under each of the fluency enhancing conditions.
Keywords
stuttering; background noises; white noise; multi-speaker conversational babble; articulation rate; speech effort;
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