Speaker Intelligibility of Black and White School Children for Black and White Adult Listeners under Varying Listening Conditions.

Nober, E. Harris; Seymour, Harry N.

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ERIC Number: EJ214164

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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Speaker Intelligibility of Black and White School Children for Black and White Adult Listeners under Varying Listening Conditions.

Nober, E. Harris; Seymour, Harry N.

Language and Speech, v22 n3 p237-42 Jul-Sep 1979

Black children and White children were equally intelligible to Black adult listeners, while White adult listeners found White children significantly more intelligible than Black children. Noise deteriorated word discrimination scores of the Black and White listeners differently. (Author/RL)

Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Adults, Articulation (Speech), Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Diction, Language Fluency, Listening Comprehension, Listening Habits, Pronunciation, Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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