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ERIC Number: EJ1234139
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Influence of Altered Auditory Feedback on Oral-Nasal Balance in Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese
de Boer, Gillian; Marino, Viviane; Berti, Larissa; Fabron, Eliana; Spazzapan, Evelyn Alves; Bressmann, Tim
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v62 n10 p3752-3762 Oct 2019
Purpose: This study explored the role of auditory feedback in the regulation of oral-nasal balance in speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Method: Twenty typical speakers of Brazilian Portuguese (10 male, 10 female) wore a Nasometer headset and headphones while continuously repeating stimuli with oral and nasal sounds. Oral-nasal balance was quantified with nasalance scores. The signals from 2 additional oral and nasal microphones were played back to the participants through the headphones. The relative loudness of the nasal channel in the mix was gradually changed, so that the speakers heard themselves as more or less nasal. Results: A repeated-measures analysis of variance of the mean nasalance scores of the stimuli at baseline, minimum, and maximum nasal feedback conditions demonstrated significant effects of nasal feedback condition (p < 0.0001) and stimuli (p < 0.0001). Post hoc analyses demonstrated that the mean nasalance scores were lowest for the maximum nasal feedback condition. The scores of the minimum nasal feedback condition were significantly higher than 2 of 3 baseline feedback conditions. The speaking amplitude of the participants did not change between the nasal feedback conditions. Conclusions: Increased nasal signal level feedback led to a compensatory adjustment in the opposite direction, confirming that oral--nasal balance is regulated by auditory feedback. However, reduced nasal signal level feedback resulted in a compensatory response that was lower in magnitude. This suggests that, even in Brazilian Portuguese, a language with phonetic and phonological vowel nasalization, decreased nasality was not perceived as critically as increased nasality by the speakers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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