title: Acceptability ratings of tracheoesophageal speech.
abstract: Thirty-one naive listeners rated the intelligibility and acceptability of tracheoesophageal, esophageal, and normal laryngeal speech of 15 adult speakers. Intelligibility was measured using a multiple-choice word test while acceptability was rated on a seven-point equal-appearing interval scale. Judgments were made on the features of fluency, pitch/quality, speech rate, inflection, and overall acceptability. Tracheoesophageal speech was found not to differ significantly from normal speech in intelligibility, rate, and inflection, but was less acceptable for fluency, pitch/quality and overall acceptability. Tracheoesophageal speech was more acceptable than esophageal speech for all features measured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication Disorders, Auburn University, AL 36849.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Pindzola
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal; D014833:Voice Quality