title: Effects of auditory disruption of lingual tactile sensitivity in skilled and unskilled speaking conditions.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of disruption of the auditory feedback channel on lingual vibrotactile thresholds obtained under skilled and unskilled speaking conditions. Each of 22 adults was asked to read an English (skilled) and French (unskilled) passage under conditions of normal and altered auditory feedback. Bilateral presentation of masking noise was utilized to disrupt auditory feedback. Before each of the experimental sessions and immediately following a reading, lingual vibrotactile thresholds were obtained. Analysis indicated that the mean differences in the pre- and postvibrotactile threshold measurements of the skilled auditory disrupted condition varied significantly from the mean differences in the pre- and postvibrotactile threshold measurements of the three other conditions. The role of feedback in the speech production of skilled and unskilled speakers is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Special Tree, Inc., Romulus, MI.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krummel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petrosino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fucci
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D010470:Perceptual Masking / Q000502:physiology; D011932:Reading; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology; D014732:Vibration