Influence of Altered Auditory Feedback on Oral-Nasal Balance in Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese.

Autor: de Boer G; Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Marino V; Department of Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Marília, Brazil., Berti L; Department of Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Marília, Brazil., Fabron E; Department of Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Marília, Brazil., Spazzapan EA; Department of Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Marília, Brazil., Bressmann T; Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR [J Speech Lang Hear Res] 2019 Oct 25; Vol. 62 (10), pp. 3752-3762. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 22.
DOI: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-18-0051
Abstrakt: Purpose This study explored the role of auditory feedback in the regulation of oral-nasal balance in speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Method Twenty typical speakers of Brazilian Portuguese (10 male, 10 female) wore a Nasometer headset and headphones while continuously repeating stimuli with oral and nasal sounds. Oral-nasal balance was quantified with nasalance scores. The signals from 2 additional oral and nasal microphones were played back to the participants through the headphones. The relative loudness of the nasal channel in the mix was gradually changed, so that the speakers heard themselves as more or less nasal. Results A repeated-measures analysis of variance of the mean nasalance scores of the stimuli at baseline, minimum, and maximum nasal feedback conditions demonstrated significant effects of nasal feedback condition ( p < .0001) and stimuli ( p < .0001). Post hoc analyses demonstrated that the mean nasalance scores were lowest for the maximum nasal feedback condition. The scores of the minimum nasal feedback condition were significantly higher than 2 of 3 baseline feedback conditions. The speaking amplitude of the participants did not change between the nasal feedback conditions. Conclusions Increased nasal signal level feedback led to a compensatory adjustment in the opposite direction, confirming that oral-nasal balance is regulated by auditory feedback. However, reduced nasal signal level feedback resulted in a compensatory response that was lower in magnitude. This suggests that, even in Brazilian Portuguese, a language with phonetic and phonological vowel nasalization, decreased nasality was not perceived as critically as increased nasality by the speakers.
Databáze: MEDLINE