Journal article
Do Voice Acoustic Parameters Differ Between Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers and Monolingual English Speakers During English Productions?
Journal of voice, Vol.35(2), pp.194-202
03/01/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.08.009
PMCID: 7069795
PMID: 31526667
Abstract
In addition to language differences in fundamental frequency between bilinguals and monolinguals, studies have also included other acoustic parameters to analyze differences in voice production associated with the language spoken.
To identify differences in voice acoustic parameters during English productions between monolingual and bilingual English speakers.
Exploratory cross-sectional study with two groups of subjects: monolingual English speakers (n = 40), and bilingual English-Spanish speakers (n = 13). Participants filled out a questionnaire and recorded one reading in English (second sentence of Rainbow passage "The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors") under a "virtual-simulated" acoustic condition of No Noise and Medium Reverberation Time (0.8 seconds).
Analysis by gender shows that monolingual speakers had higher fundamental frequency mode, and lower standard deviation of fundamental frequency compared to bilingual English-Spanish speakers. Bilingual male speakers had higher jitter and harmonics-to-noise ratio than monolingual speakers. On the contrary, female bilingual speakers had lower jitter and shimmer than monolingual speakers.
Speaking a second language may influence voice acoustic parameters, and therefore, should be considered when comparing acoustic speech metrics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Do Voice Acoustic Parameters Differ Between Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers and Monolingual English Speakers During English Productions?
- Creators
- Lady Catherine Cantor-CutivaPasquale Bottalico - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCharles Nudelman - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJossemia Webster - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignEric J Hunter - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of voice, Vol.35(2), pp.194-202
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.08.009
- PMID
- 31526667
- PMCID
- 7069795
- NLM abbreviation
- J Voice
- ISSN
- 0892-1997
- eISSN
- 1873-4588
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Grant note
- R01 DC012315 / NIDCD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984446455402771
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