• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2012

This paper mainly aims to investigate how differently choral speech and altered auditory feedback (i.e., delayed auditory feedback, frequency-altered feedback) enhance speech fluency during sentence reading. To do this, a stuttering reduction rate was used and measured how much stuttering in frequency was reduced during each of the fluency enhancing conditions (i.e, typical choral reading, DAF, FAF) relative to typical solo reading. The results showed that stuttering frequency was reduced in the three fluency enhancing conditions and the highest mean value in stuttering reduction rate was observed during typical choral reading. Some discussion was provided in relation to the stuttering reduction rate observed during typical choral reading and its further speculation.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2012

This study deals with how stuttering changes in its frequency in a situation where adult participants who stutter are exposed to one type of background noise, that is, multi-talker babble noise. Eight American English-speaking adults who stutter participated in this study. Each of the subjects read aloud sentences under each of three speaking conditions (i.e., typical solo reading (TSR), typical choral reading (TCR), and multi-talker babble noise reading (BNR)). Speech fluency was computed based on a percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) and speaking rate was also assessed to examine if there was significant change in rates as a measure of vocal change under each of the speaking conditions. The study found that participants read more fluently both during BNR and during TCR than during TSR. The study also found that participants did not show significant changes in speaking rate across the three speaking conditions. Some discussion was provided in relation to the effect of multi-talker babble noise on the frequency of stuttering and its further speculation.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2015

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.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 음성의 청지각적 평가도구(GRBAS)와 음성관련 삶의 질(K-VRQOL) 척도를 통해 합창활동에 참여하는 여성 노인의 음성 특성과 음성관련 삶의 질을 비교하는 것이다. 연구 대상은 서울 및 부산 소재의 합창단에서 활동 중인 만 60세 이상의 여성 노인으로 총 77명이었다. 합창단은 참여 유형에 따라 합창단(Regular choir)과 찬양단(Church choir) 두 개의 집단으로 분류하였다. 청지각적 음성평가는 /a/ 모음을 발성하는 음성을 듣고 전문가가 청지각적 평가(GRBAS) 척도를 사용하여 평정하였다. 연구 결과, 합창활동 참여 유형에 따라 집단 간 차이를 비교했을 때 찬양단에서 활동하는 여성 노인에 비해 합창단에서 활동하는 여성 노인의 경우 주관적 음성 인식 수준에서 대화 시 음성 사용 만족도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 음성관련 삶의 질(K-VRQOL) 척도의 신체 기능 영역에 해당하는 문항에서 만족도가 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 합창활동이 노년기 음성기능의 개선뿐 아니라 음성사용의 주관적 인식 수준을 향상시키는데 긍정적인 결과를 기대할 수 있을 것이라는 점을 확인하였으며, 노인 음성개선을 위한 체계적인 음악 중재 프로그램의 필요성을 시사하고 있다.