Abstract:Speakers with voice disorders frequently report reduced intelligibility in ordinary communication situations. This effect is typically attributed to reduced loudness; however, other source/vocal tract interactions may be at work. The acoustic landmark theory of speech perception postulates that specific acoustic events, called “landmarks,” contain particularly salient information about acoustic cues used by listeners. The current study examined acoustic profiles of dysphonic speech with the publically availabl… Show more
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