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Acceptability ratings of tracheoesophageal speech
Author(s) -
Pindzola Rebekah H.,
Cain Blanche H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198804000-00007
Subject(s) - fluency , intelligibility (philosophy) , audiology , speech recognition , psychology , computer science , medicine , philosophy , mathematics education , epistemology
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.