26.4807, Confs: Phonetics, Phonology/USA

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Subject: 26.4807, Confs: Phonetics, Phonology/USA

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:35:36
From: Jonathan Barnes [jabarnes at bu.edu]
Subject: Speaker Comfort and Communication in Noisy Environments

 
Speaker Comfort and Communication in Noisy Environments 

Date: 31-May-2016 - 03-Jun-2016 
Location: Boston, MA, USA 
Contact: Oliver Niebuhr 
Contact Email: niebuhr at linguistik.uni-kiel.de 
Meeting URL: http://sites.bu.edu/speechprosody2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology 

Meeting Description: 

Prolonged exposure to high levels of ambient noise can lead to serious health effects, decreases in comfort during communication, and cognitive impairment. Two important aspects of the disturbance caused by noise on speech are its effects on speech intelligibility and vocal effort, and therefore speaker comfort. In noisy environments, speech prosodic changes can include a modification of fundamental frequency (F0) and a slowing of speech rate and other durational modifications. These changes appear to be made by the speaker to improve intelligibility for the listener. This special session invites submissions addressing the impact of noise on communication and speaker comfort. The topics will include, but will not be limited to, the effects of noise, speech style and room acoustic characteristics on speech parameters, talker intelligibility, and self-reported speaker comfort. A discussion of the implications of noise exposure for occupational voice users and pupils in the classroom is
  encouraged. The session will also provide a forum for discussing recent developments in the study of vocal effort, acoustic clarity, and communication enhancement. 






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