Acoustic cues to lexical stress in spastic dysarthria

Heejin Kim, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Adrienne Perlman

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Abstract

The current study examined the acoustic cues to lexical stress produced by speakers with spastic dysarthria and healthy control speakers. of particular interest was the effect of stress location, which represented whether lexical stress was on the first vs. second syllable of the word. Results suggest that speakers with dysarthria convey lexical stress differently than do control speakers. The difference was greater for second-syllable stressed words compared to first-syllable stressed words. In addition, for the first-syllable stressed words, speakers with dysarthria utilized the pitch and intensity cues to a greater degree compared to control speakers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication5th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2010
PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
ISBN (Electronic)9780000000002
StatePublished - 2010
Event5th International Conference on Speech Prosody: Every Language, Every Style, SP 2010 - Chicago, United States
Duration: May 10 2010May 14 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody
ISSN (Print)2333-2042

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Speech Prosody: Every Language, Every Style, SP 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period5/10/105/14/10

Keywords

  • Acoustic cues
  • Dysarthric speech
  • Lexical stress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language

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