Preservation of place and manner cues during simultaneous communication: a spectral moments perspective.
Spectral moments, which describe the distribution of frequencies in a spectrum, were used to investigate the preservation of acoustic cues to intelligibility of speech produced during simultaneous communication (SC) in relation to acoustic cues produced when speaking alone. The spectral moment data obtained from speech alone (SA) were comparable to those spectral moment data reported by Jongman, Wayland, and Wong (2000) and Nittrouer (1995). The spectral moments obtained from speech produced during SC were statistically indistinguishable from those obtained during SA, indicating no measurable degradation of obstruent spectral acoustic cues during SC.


OBJECTIVE
As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to (1) describe SC; (2) explain the role of SC in communication with children who are deaf; (3) describe the first, third, and fourth spectral moments of obstruent consonants; and (4) identify spectral moment patterns in speech produced during SC.
Kardach
Jill
J
Department of Communicative Disorders & Sciences, State University of New York, Geneseo 14454, USA.
Wincowski
Robert
R
Metz
Dale Evan
DE
Schiavetti
Nicholas
N
Whitehead
Robert L
RL
Hillenbrand
James
J
D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013060:Speech; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013997:Time Factors