ANALYSIS OF F2 TRANSITIONS IN THE SPEECH OF STUTTERERS AND NONSTUTTERERS

Authors
ROBB M BLOMGREN M
Citation
M. Robb et M. Blomgren, ANALYSIS OF F2 TRANSITIONS IN THE SPEECH OF STUTTERERS AND NONSTUTTERERS, Journal of fluency disorders, 22(1), 1997, pp. 1-16
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Education, Special",Rehabilitation
Journal title
Journal of fluency disorders → ACNP
ISSN journal
0094730X
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-730X(1997)22:1<1:AOFTIT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Lingual coarticulation was acoustically examined in the fluent speech of stutterers and nonstutterers. Coarticulation was evaluated by deter mining the slope of second formant (F2) transitions following consonan t release. In general, stutterers were found to display larger slope c oefficients in comparison to the nonstutterers. The large coefficients were interpreted to reflect greater or quicker dimensional changes in vocal-tract behavior compared to those of nonstutterers. Discussion f ocuses on the speech motor skills characterizing fluent speech product ion. (C) 1997 by Elsevier Science Inc.