Journal article
Teachers' voicing and silence periods during continuous speech in classrooms with different reverberation times
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.141(1), pp.EL26-EL31
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.1121/1.4973312
PMCID: PMC5392096
PMID: 28147593
Abstract
The relationship between reverberation times and the voicing and silence accumulations of continuous speech was quantified in 22 primary-school teachers. Teachers were divided into a high and a low reverberation time groups based on their classroom reverberation time (higher and lower than 0.90 s). Reverberation times higher than 0.90 s implicate higher voicing accumulations and higher accumulations of the silences typical of turn taking in dialogue. These results suggest that vocal load, which can lead to vocal fatigue, is influenced by classroom reverberation time. Therefore, it may be considered a risk factor for occupational voice users. (C) 2017 Acoustical Society of America
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Teachers' voicing and silence periods during continuous speech in classrooms with different reverberation times
- Creators
- Pasquale Bottalico - Michigan State UniversityArianna Astolfi - University of TurinEric J. Hunter - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.141(1), pp.EL26-EL31
- DOI
- 10.1121/1.4973312
- PMID
- 28147593
- PMCID
- PMC5392096
- NLM abbreviation
- J Acoust Soc Am
- ISSN
- 0001-4966
- eISSN
- 1520-8524
- Publisher
- Acoustical Soc Amer Amer Inst Physics
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- Italian National Institute for Occupational Safety R01DC012315 / National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders of National Institutes of Health R01DC012315 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984446546202771
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