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Dear Linda,
 
You may be interested in the clear / conversational speech literature - "clear speech" is hyperarticulate speech directed toward listeners with hearing lossand there has been research on perception of clear speech by the following;
 
    Ann Bradlow 
    Sarah Hargus Ferguson and Diane Kewley-Port
    Picheny, Durlach, and Braida 
   
I hope I have those last names right. 
I'm sure there are others that I am forgetting right now, but that's a start!
 
Best,
Carrie
 

Carolyn Richie, PhD

Butler University

Communication Disorders Program

Department of Communication Studies

4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208

tel: 317 940 9493, fax: 317 940 8815

 
 

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	Sent: Tue 14/03/2006 6:29 AM 
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	Subject: Hyperarticulated speech
	
	

	Yesterday I was talking to Mark Huckvale about the general belief among
	non-linguists that if you include all the sounds that are supposed to be
	there (i.e. saying [t e s t m ae tS] instead of [t e s m ae tS] or fully
	pronouncing 'and'), but in everything you say, not just random phrases,
	speech will be easier to understand.  Offhand, we couldn't think of any
	evidence that this is true.  There are papers on times when people use
	hyperarticulation (speaking to children, correcting misperceptions, etc),
	but nothing on how easy the speech is to understand if someone
	hyperarticulates all the time.
	
	Does anyone have answers or evidence?
	
	Thanks.
	
	Linda Shockey
	School of Languages and European Studies
	University of Reading
	Whiteknights, RG6 6AA
	0118 - 378-7469