title: Effects of dentalization and devoicing of the /z/ phoneme on listeners' judgment of a speaker's sexual orientation.
abstract: 25 undergraduate listeners judged that a male speaker with normal speech, who dentalized (lisped) or devoiced the /z/ phoneme in the context of a sentence, sounded significantly more "gay" in terms of judged sexual orientation than did the same speaker producing /z/ without phonological processes. Speech-language pathologists should be aware of possible social consequences of speech production disorders.
authors: Department of Communication Disorders, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069, USA.
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Huff
authors: Susan Davis
authors: SD
authors: Phillips
authors: Jess
authors: J
authors: Dancer
authors: Priscilla
authors: P
authors: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010699:Phonation; D010700:Phonetics; D013067:Speech Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D014833:Voice Quality