Abstract:The influence of visual experience in speech production was investigated through a study of the French vowels /i y u a/. Articulatory and acoustic recordings of ten repetitions of the vowels in CVC syllables embedded in carrier sentences were conducted in three consonant environments (/b d g/) and two prosodic conditions (neutral and under contrastive emphasis). Six congenitally blind adults and six sighted adults were recorded. All participants were native speakers of Canadian French and had no history of spe… Show more
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