Bilingualism and Voice Production. Differences Between Bilingual Latin-American Spanish- English Female Speakers and Monolingual Spanish Female Speakers During Spanish Productions

Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva; Eliana-Alejandra Jiménez-Chala; Pasquale Bottalico; Eric J. Hunter

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.04.026

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Bilingualism and Voice Production. Differences Between Bilingual Latin-American Spanish- English Female Speakers and Monolingual Spanish Female Speakers During Spanish Productions

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Bilingualism and Voice Production. Differences Between Bilingual Latin-American Spanish- English Female Speakers and Monolingual Spanish Female Speakers During Spanish Productions

Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Eliana-Alejandra Jiménez-Chala, Pasquale Bottalico and Eric J. Hunter

Journal of voice, Vol.37(5), pp.716-721

09/2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.04.026

PMCID: PMC11444467

PMID: 34119411

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Abstract

Speaking a second language influences jitter and shimmer when comparing monolingual English speakers with bilingual English-Spanish speakers. However, there is little information about differences on voice acoustic parameters when comparing monolingual Spanish speakers with bilingual Spanish-English speakers during their productions in Spanish. Determine differences in five voice acoustic parameters commonly used in voice assessments (fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, Harmonics-to-Noise Ratio and Cepstral Peak Prominence Smoothed) which may be influenced by bilingualism. Exploratory cross-sectional study with two groups of female participants: monolingual Spanish speakers (n = 17), and bilingual Spanish-English speakers (n = 11). Participants filled out a questionnaire and recorded two voice samples (sustained vowel /a/ and reading). For this study, all the participants reported that their native language was Spanish. Being a female bilingual speaker had a significant effect on Shimmer (%) with a Beta = -0.7. Similar tendency was found on harmonics-to-noise ratio (B = 0.2) and cepstral peak prominence smoothed (B = 0.2). Our results indicate that being a native Spanish female speaker, speaking English as a second language, has significant small effects on voice acoustic parameters, such as shimmer, harmonics-to-noise ratio and cepstral peak prominence smoothed, during their productions in Spanish. This information is of interest for assessment and intervention plans of bilingual speakers at clinical and work-related settings.

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Title: Subtitle: Bilingualism and Voice Production. Differences Between Bilingual Latin-American Spanish- English Female Speakers and Monolingual Spanish Female Speakers During Spanish Productions
Creators: Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Eliana-Alejandra Jiménez-Chala - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Pasquale Bottalico - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Eric J. Hunter - Michigan State University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of voice, Vol.37(5), pp.716-721
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.04.026
PMID: 34119411
PMCID: PMC11444467
NLM abbreviation: J Voice
ISSN: 0892-1997
eISSN: 1873-4588
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000009, name: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health; DOI: 10.13039/100000055, name: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; DOI: 10.13039/100000002, name: National Institutes of Health, award: R01DC012315
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 06/10/2021
Date published: 09/2023
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Record Identifier: 9984446439702771

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