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Vowel Classification and Vowel Space in Persian
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2015 This article aims to develop an acoustic vowel space in Persian speech. There are several aspects in this survey which make it different from what has been done before. The first is related to the issue of speech material. The need for more natural choice in voice qualities in recent years exhort us not relying on citation form or artificial sound ...
Nasim Esfandiari +2 more
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The effect of L1 regional variation on the perception and production of standard L1 and L2 vowels [PDF]
, 2015 This study reports on the perception and production of Standard Dutch and Standard British English vowels by speakers of two regional varieties of Belgian Dutch (East Flemish and Brabantine) which differ in their vowel realizations.
Debaene, Mathijs +2 more
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Treatment of Neurogenic Voice Disorders
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This overview serves as a foundational resource for clinicians caring for neurologically complex patients presenting with voice complaints. Neurogenic voice disorders are diverse in their clinical presentations and therapeutic approaches. A thorough medical history, including family history, detailed laryngeal examination, voice assessments ...
Mausumi Syamal
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Acoustic Analyses of L1 and L2 Vowel Interactions in Mandarin–Cantonese Late Bilinguals
AcousticsWhile the focus of bilingual research is frequently on simultaneous or early bilingualism, the interactions between late bilinguals’ first language (L1) and second language (L2) have rarely been studied previously.
Yike Yang
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A New Approach to the Formant Measuring Problem
Proceedings, 2019 Formants are characteristic frequency components in human speech that are caused by resonances in the vocal tract during speech production. They are of primary concern in acoustic phonetics and speech recognition.
Marnix Van Soom, Bart de Boer
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Effects of deafness on acoustic characteristics of American English tense/lax vowels in maternal speech to infants [PDF]
, 2012 Recent studies have demonstrated that mothers exaggerate phonetic properties of infant-directed (ID) speech. However, these studies focused on a single acoustic dimension (frequency), whereas speech sounds are composed of multiple acoustic cues. Moreover,
Bergeson, Tonya R. +1 more
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The Effects of COVID‐19 on Voice
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic had profound effects on vocal health, impacting both infected individuals, professional voice users and essential workers. The objective of this paper was to explore the multifaceted nature of dysphonia associated with COVID‐19, arising from both direct and indirect consequences of the pandemic.
Mausumi Syamal
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, 1971 In the February 1971 Word Ways, Delphi Knoxjaqzonville presented a list of words and names displaying vowel trigrams. However, she only considered the letters A, E, I, O and U as vowels, excluding Y.
Hardington, Frank
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Individual differences in the discrimination of novel speech sounds: effects of sex, temporal processing, musical and cognitive abilities [PDF]
, 2012 This study examined whether rapid temporal auditory processing, verbal working memory capacity, non-verbal intelligence, executive functioning, musical ability and prior foreign language experience predicted how well native English speakers (N = 120 ...
Brooks, Patricia J. +4 more
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World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Spasmodic dysphonia is a laryngeal dystonia that can present as adductor, abductor, or mixed types, with or without tremor. The etiology is not understood fully. Comprehensive evaluation is required to establish the diagnosis. Treatments include voice therapy, medications, botulinum toxin injection, laryngeal surgery, deep brain stimulation ...
Aaron J. Jaworek, Robert T. Sataloff
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