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ArticleThe International journal of orofacial myology : official publication of the International Association of Orofacial Myology2016

The Effect of Jaw Position on Perceptual and Acoustic Characteristics of Speech.

Nancy Pearl Solomon, Matthew J Makashay, Benjamin Munson

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Article in The International journal of orofacial myology : official publication of the International Association of Orofacial Myology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. THE INFLUENCE OF LEXICAL FACTORS ON VOWEL DISTINCTIVENESS: EFFECTS OF JAW POSITIONING.The International journal of orofacial myology : official publication of the International Association of Orofacial Myology · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nancy Pearl Solomon4954 North Palmer Road, National Military Audiology & Speech Pathology Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889.
Matthew J MakashayNational Military Audiology & Speech Pathology Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Benjamin MunsonSpeech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Assessment and Validation of Tongue Fatigue for SpeechR03DC006096 · NIDCD · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI SOLOMON, NANCY PEARL · 2002 to 2004
$176k
NIDCD NIH HHS R03 DC006096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bite blocks are used to stabilize the jaw and to isolate tongue and lip movements from that of the mandible during speech and nonspeech activities. Ten normally speaking young adults produced sentences with an unconstrained jaw and with unilateral placement of 2-mm and 5-mm bite blocks. Six listeners rated sentences spoken without either bite block as the most natural sounding. Spectral characteristics of /s/, /ʃ/ and /t/ (sibilant frication and stop bursts) differed significantly with than without bite blocks, such that mean spectral energy decreased, and variation and skew of spectral energy increased. Spectral kurtosis did not change for the group, but 2 participants exhibited highly kurtotic /s/ spectra without a bite block that normalized with bite blocks. The second formant frequency for the high vowel /i/ was lower with bite blocks; there was no systematic difference in F2 slope for diphthongs. Segmental and suprasegmental timing of speech articulation was not affected significantly by these small bite blocks. This study provides support for using small bite blocks to isolate the tongue from the jaw without large effects on speech, but cautions that speech is likely to sound less natural than when produced with an unconstrained jaw.

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AcousticsSpeechSpeech Production MeasurementBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansJawMovementPhoneticsTongueacoustic analysisbite blockjaw stabilizationperceptual analysisspeech

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PMID29332988
PMCPMC5766043
OpenAlexW2903307121

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