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ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2016

The Effect of Noise on Relationships Between Speech Intelligibility and Self-Reported Communication Measures in Tracheoesophageal Speakers.

Tanya L Eadie, Devon Sawin Otero, Susan Bolt, Mara Kapsner-Smith, Jessica R Sullivan

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Article in American journal of speech-language pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. Variability of Electrolaryngeal Speech Intelligibility in Multitalker Babble.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2020
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  3. Speech and Communicative Participation in Patients With Facial Paralysis.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2018
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5 authors.

Tanya L Eadie
Devon Sawin Otero
Susan Bolt
Mara Kapsner-Smith
Jessica R Sullivan

Funding

Communication Outcomes After Head & Neck CancerR01CA177635 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI EADIE, TANYA L · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177635
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study was to examine how sentence intelligibility relates to self-reported communication in tracheoesophageal speakers when speech intelligibility is measured in quiet and noise.

methodTwenty-four tracheoesophageal speakers who were at least 1 year postlaryngectomy provided audio recordings of 5 sentences from the Sentence Intelligibility Test. Speakers also completed self-reported measures of communication-the Voice Handicap Index-10 and the Communicative Participation Item Bank short form. Speech recordings were presented to 2 groups of inexperienced listeners who heard sentences in quiet or noise. Listeners transcribed the sentences to yield speech intelligibility scores.

resultsVery weak relationships were found between intelligibility in quiet and measures of voice handicap and communicative participation. Slightly stronger, but still weak and nonsignificant, relationships were observed between measures of intelligibility in noise and both self-reported measures. However, 12 speakers who were more than 65% intelligible in noise showed strong and statistically significant relationships with both self-reported measures (R2 = .76-.79).

conclusionsSpeech intelligibility in quiet is a weak predictor of self-reported communication measures in tracheoesophageal speakers. Speech intelligibility in noise may be a better metric of self-reported communicative function for speakers who demonstrate higher speech intelligibility in noise.

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LaryngectomySpeech IntelligibilityHumansSelf ReportSpeech PerceptionSpeech Production MeasurementVoice

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PMCPMC5270639

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