Long-Term Stability of Tracheoesophageal Voices

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Publication date 2016
Journal Interspeech
Event Interspeech
Volume | Issue number 17
Pages (from-to) 102-116
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw)
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR)
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract
Long-term voice outcomes of 13 tracheoesophageal speakers are assessed using speech samples that were recorded with at least 7 years in between. Intelligibility and voice quality are perceptually evaluated by 10 experienced speech and language pathologists. In addition, automatic speech evaluations are performed with tools from Ghent University. No significant group effect was found for changes in voice quality and intelligibility. The recordings showed a wide interspeaker variability. It is concluded that intelligibility and voice quality of tracheoesophageal voice is mostly stable over a period of 7 to 18 years.
Document type Article
Note INTERSPEECH 2016 : 17th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association : September 8–12, 2016, San Francisco, USA
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2016-114
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