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Brentari, Diane; Wolk, Steve – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1986
Five profoundly deaf adults were recorded reading lists of individual words under three expressive modes (speech alone, speech and signs, and speech with cues). Results indicated that speech with cues produced the highest level of intelligibility, speech and signs the lowest. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Deafness, Expressive Language
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MacKenzie, Douglas J.; Schiavetti, Nicholas; Whitehead, Robert L.; Metz, Dale Evan – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
This study investigated the perception of voice onset time (VOT) in speech produced during simultaneous communication (SC). Four normally hearing, experienced sign language users were recorded under SC and speech alone (SA) conditions speaking stimulus words with voiced and voiceless initial consonants embedded in a sentence. Twelve…
Descriptors: Cues, Sign Language, Sentences, Total Communication
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Metz, Dale Evan; Allen, Kristin; Kling, Therese; Maisonet, Sarah; McCullough, Rosemary; Schiavetti, Nicholas; Whitehead, Robert L. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
Vowel durations following the production of voiced and voiceless stop consonants produced during simultaneous communication (SC) were investigated by recording sign language users during SC and speech alone (SA). Under natural speaking conditions, or speaking alone (SA), vowels following voiced stop consonants are longer in duration than vowels…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Phonemes, Syllables, Vowels
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Whitehead, Robert L.; Schiavetti, Nicholas; MacKenzie, Douglas J.; Metz, Dale Evan – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2004
This study investigated the overall intelligibility of speech produced during simultaneous communication (SC). Four hearing, experienced sign language users were recorded under SC and speech alone (SA) conditions speaking Boothroyd's (1985) forced-choice phonetic contrast material designed for measurement of speech intelligibility. Twelve…
Descriptors: Cues, Sign Language, Mutual Intelligibility, Speech Communication