Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2005

Publication Title

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volume

100

Abstract

This study investigated use of choral reading with filtered components of speech and whispered speech on the frequency of stuttering. Three passages read by a normal adult male were lowpass filtered with kneepoint frequencies at 100 Hz (approximate glottal source), 500 Hz (source and first formant), and 1 kHz (source and the first two formants). Along with a whispered passage, a normal passage, and a control condition, these stimuli were used in a repeated-measures design with 12 adult stutterers as they read passages while listening to one of the stimuli. Frequencies of stuttering in each condition were analyzed. The choral speech, the 500-Hz, the 1-kHz, and the whispered speech conditions all decreased the frequency of stuttering while the 100-Hz stimuli did not. It is suggested that articulatory events, chiefly the encoded speech output from the vocal tract, create effective cues and may induce fluent speech in people who stutter.

Issue

2

First Page

421

Last Page

431

DOI

10.2466/pms.100.2.387-393

ISSN

1558-688X

Rights

The version of record for this accepted manuscript is available at:

Rami, M. K., Kalinowski, J., Rastatter, M. P., Holbert, D., & Allen, M. (2005). Choral Reading with Filtered Speech: Effect on Stuttering. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100(2), 421-431. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.100.2.421-431 Copyright © 2005 SAGE Publications.

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