32.1976, FYI: Investigating the Effect of Listening Conditions on Speech Intelligibility - Special Issue of ''Languages''

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Subject: 32.1976, FYI: Investigating the Effect of Listening Conditions on Speech Intelligibility - Special Issue of ''Languages''

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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 06:09:02
From: Anne Pycha [pycha at uwm.edu]
Subject: Investigating the Effect of Listening Conditions on Speech Intelligibility - Special Issue of ''Languages''

 
Dear Colleagues,

The goal of the Special Issue of the journal "Languages" is to bring together
work investigating the effect of listening conditions on speech
intelligibility. Difficulty in perceiving speech in the presence of background
noise has been well attested in the literature, particularly for adults and
children with hearing impairment (e.g., Caldwell & Nittrouer, 2013; Wong et
al., 2009; Bradlow et al., 2003; Ferguson & Kewley-Port, 2002; Armstrong et
al., 1997). Competing auditory signals (e.g., noise, other talkers, etc.) can
interfere with a listener’s ability to hear a speaker’s intended message
(e.g., Van Engen & Bradlow, 2007). Other work has shown that speakers do not
monotonically hyperarticulate all aspects of their speech when speaking
clearly, but rather target and maintain helpful contrasts for listeners in
ways that can be interpreted as communicatively strategic (Scarborough &
Zellou, 2013; Cohn et al., 2021). There is also a great deal of individual
variation in speech-in-noise perception (e.g., Bent et al., 2016).

Speech intelligibility is both a practical and a theoretical issue (Smiljanić
& Bradlow, 2005). For one, work understanding how speech is produced and
perceived in different listening conditions, and to different listener
populations, can have practical application (e.g., Adlard & Hazan, 1998),
e.g., in clinical settings. In addition, understanding such phenomena is
important for theories of cognition because human speech is a remarkably
durable system of communication that, despite the wide range of environmental
conditions present in everyday life, generally succeeds. Yet, pinpointing
exactly how and why it manages to succeed — particularly when confronted with
a relatively novel barrier to communication, such as face masks — remains an
ongoing challenge for language researchers. The purpose of the Special Issue
is to bring together work on this issue.

Examples of research topics suitable for this Special Issue include, but are
not limited to:

Examination and/or comparisons of the effect of different listening contexts
(noise, multitalker-babble, adverse listening conditions, music, etc.) on
speech production and/or perception;
Explorations of effect of situational context (speaking style, wearing a face
mask, complex tasks, attentional factors) on speech-in-noise perception;
Investigations of speech intelligibility across different listener groups
(children, older adults, those with hearing loss, non-native speakers, etc.);
Presentation of novel methods or analyses for examining speech intelligibility
in different types of listening conditions;
Analysis of speech intelligibility in languages other than English (we
encourage submissions focusing on non-Indo European and/or endangered
languages);
Examination of speech in non-prestige dialects, second languages, or
multilingual contexts.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors
initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words summarizing
their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors (Georgia
Zellou, gzellou at ucdavis.edu and Anne Pycha, pycha at uwm.edu) or to the Languages
editorial office (languages at mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest
editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the
Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.

Tentative completion schedule:

Abstract submission deadline: 01 November 2021
Notification of abstract acceptance: 01 January 2022
Full manuscript deadline: 01 March 2022

For more information, please visit:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/Investigating_the_Effect
_of_Listening_Conditions_on_Speech_Intelligibility
 



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