Journal article
Inhibiting the Lombard effect
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.85(2), pp.894-900
02/1989
DOI: 10.1121/1.397561
PMID: 2926004
Abstract
The Lombard effect is the tendency to increase one's vocal intensity in noise. The present study reports three experiments that test the robustness of the Lombard effect when speakers are given instructions and training with visual feedback to help suppress it. The Lombard effect was found to be extremely stable and robust. Instructions alone had little influence on the response to the noise among untrained speakers. When visual feedback correlated with vocal intensity was presented, however, subjects could inhibit the Lombard response. Furthermore, the inhibition remained after the visual feedback was removed. The data are interpreted as indicating that the Lombard response is largely automatic and not ordinarily under volitional control. When subjects do learn to suppress the effect, they seem to do so by changing overall vocal level rather than their specific response to the noise. © 1989, Acoustical Society of America. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Inhibiting the Lombard effect
- Creators
- Herbert L. Pick - University of MinnesotaGerald M. SiegelPaul W. FoxSharon R. GarberJoseph K. Kearney
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.85(2), pp.894-900
- DOI
- 10.1121/1.397561
- PMID
- 2926004
- NLM abbreviation
- J Acoust Soc Am
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/1989
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984259484002771
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