SPEAKING FUNDAMENTAL-FREQUENCY, INTENSITY, AND RATE OF ADVENTITIOUSLYPROFOUNDLY HEARING-IMPAIRED ADULT WOMEN

No objective group data on speaking fundamental frequency (F0), intens ity, or rate have been reported on the speech of adventitiously profou ndly hearing-impaired adult women. Results of the present study showed that F0 was significantly higher, intensity significantly greater, an d speaking rate significantly slower for 12 adventitiously profoundly hearing-impaired adult women than for 20 normal-hearing control subjec ts of the same sex and approximate age. Based on these objective data, aural rehabilitation is recommended for the improvement and monitorin g of speaking F0, intensity, and rate abnormalities in the adventitiou sly profoundly hearing impaired.