Speech therapyAcoustics Emotional intensity in prosody| Acoustic correlates of emotion as intended by a male and female actor MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS Margaret Kjelgaard SmithMicahThe purpose of this study was to examine which acoustic correlates were important in predicting emotional level of...
The underlying mechanisms for this effect remain unclear, however. The main purpose of the present study was to assess the role of prosodic cues in the choral speech effect. Adult speakers produced sentences under several choral speaking conditions, including ones that featured modifications of ...
Each of the 14 studies reported at least partial success for outcomes such as increased pitch differential, appropriate production of affect in sentences, increased sound pressure level or loudness, and appropriate use of stress. The results were interpreted as supporting the contention that prosody ...
Each of the 14 studies reported at least partial success for outcomes such as increased pitch differential, appropriate production of affect in sentences, increased sound pressure level or loudness, and appropriate use of stress. The results were interpreted as supporting the contention that prosody ...
The speaking rate of news announcers on air is relatively fast, and there are no obvious audible breaks in their speech. However, even well-trained news announcers rarely read sentences without breaks. Therefore, minor breaks need to be recognized not only by the duration of the break but ...
(Computer-Aided Speech and Language Therapy or Computer-Aided Voice Therapy for altered voices). A good compilation for Spanish is distributed in the projectComunica,http://dihana.cps.unizar.es/~alborada/herramientas.html, which has a set of tools oriented towards children who need to train ...
After 12 weeks of therapy, intensity, blow, and rhythm improved significantly in the users, while correct intonation was harder for the subjects to learn. For English, reference [27] describes a system for automated speech therapy in childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) that is able to identify...