Adaptation strategies in perturbed /s/

Jana Brunner (1) , Phil Hoole (2) , Pascal Perrier (3)

1 Institut für Germanistik
2 IPS - Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing
3 GIPSA-MAGIC - GIPSA - Machines parlantes, Gestes oro-faciaux, Interaction Face-à-face, Communication augmentée

The purpose of the work is to investigate the role of three articulatory parameters (tongue position, jaw position and tongue grooving) in the production of /s/. Six normal speakers' speech was perturbed by a palatal prosthesis. The fricative was recorded acoustically and via EMA in four conditions: (1) unperturbed, (2) perturbed with auditory feedback masked, (3) perturbed with auditory feedback available, (4) perturbed after a two week adaptation period. At the end of the adaptation speakers produced more high frequency noise while either having a higher jaw position or more grooving of the tongue or both. We discuss the potential clinical implications of the results with regard to the role of jaw height and tongue grooving in the treatment of impaired /s/.

Keywords: Speech articulation; palate; speech sound; speech intelligibility; perturbation of speech

Domains: Linguistics; Linguistics

Jana Brunner, Phil Hoole, Pascal Perrier. Adaptation strategies in perturbed /s/. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011, 25 (8), pp.705-724. ⟨10.3109/02699206.2011.553699⟩. ⟨hal-00609068⟩