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Megaphone on a wooden stool

Individual differences in clear-Lombard speech modifications in noise

Duration
1 January 2017
Project member(s)
Dr Janse, E. (Esther) , Dr Chen Shen , Martin Cooke
Project type
Research

This project documents intertalker differences in the acoustic modifications that speakers apply in noisy conditions (clear-Lombard speech, compared to their habitual speaking style). The success of individual speakers' clear-Lombars speech modifications is assessed through acoustic analysis and through human listening effort ratings. The project also tries to find associations between speakers' performance in maximum speech performance tasks (diadochokinesis tasks or tongue twister tasks) and cognitive control performance to shed more light on the question what makes a flexible and intelligible speaker.

 

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Results

Shen, C. & Janse, E. (2020). Maximum speech performance and executive control in young adult speakers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63, 3611-3627.

Shen, C. (2022). Individual differences in speech production and maximum speech performance. Dissertation Radboud University.

Financiering

EU Horizon 2020

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