Anticipatory coarticulation of the Spanish alveolar fricative /s/ in adults with apraxia versus dysarthria
Natalia Melle,
José María Lahoz-Bengoechea,
Carlos Gallego
et al.
Abstract:This acoustic study compares anticipatory coarticulation characteristics of the Spanish alveolar sibilant fricative /s/ when in utterance-initial position followed by a vowel in adults with dysarthria and apraxia of speech. Three groups of participants (28 individuals with no speech disorder, 20 with dysarthria, and 8 with apraxia of speech) produced 12 monosyllabic words that included the five vowel sounds of central-peninsular Spanish. The acoustic measurements compared within and between groups were frequen… Show more
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