The primary purpose of this study was to explore speech reactions to normal auditory feedback (NAF) and delayed auditory feedback (DAF), with reference to three factors: (1) speech-confidence, (2) gender, and (3) the duration of DAF. Male and female subjects were divided into speakers of high speech-confidence (HM and HF respectively) and speakers of low speech-confidence (LM and LF respectively). Speech reactions of these four groups to the speech stress of delayed auditory feedback were examined. Measurements of speech included speech errors, rate of speech, total talking time, intensity of speech, and fundamental frequency. In general, results indicated that the speech responses of high- and low-confident speakers could not be differentiated. With regard to gender however, for two of the outcome variables, i.e., speech errors and upward intensity range, males and females responded to the experimental conditions differentially. Finally, findings confirmed that delayed auditory feedback will generally disrupt normal speech production. However, data were inconclusive regarding the effects of specific durations of DAF on speech production. / A secondary goal of the study was to examine the scores obtained from the Inventory of Communication Attitudes with reference to the similarities and differences among the four subject groups. A significant difference was found in the self-reported speech-confidence levels of LM and LF subjects. In contrast, the speech-confidence scores of HM and HF subjects were not significantly different. / A final objective of the study was to investigate how listeners perceived the speech-confidence level of speakers. In general, it was determined that the ability of listeners to detect the same level of speech-confidence as that reported by the speakers was relatively difficult. Results also showed that listeners perceived females as being "Confident" and "Very Confident" speakers more often than they did males. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-11, Section: B, page: 5671. / Major Professor: Richard Ham. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76800 |
| Contributors | Harlow, Renard Frederick., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 178 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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