Intelligibility of Tracheoesophageal Speech in Noise

The Effect of Noise on Relationships Between Speech Intelligibility and Self-Reported Communication Measures in Tracheoesophageal Speakers

“…As with speakers who may be able to overcome noise, future studies should investigate characteristics of speakers who are particularly vulnerable in adverse conditions. For example, McColl (2006) found that activation of a Lombard effect may actually detract from overall speech intelligibility for some TEP speakers: Whereas typical laryngeal speakers may modulate the changes associated with the Lombard effect and maintain speech intelligibility in noise, three out of four TEP speakers in that study were negatively affected by speaking in noise. Recording the TEP speakers in noise (as opposed to adding the noise experimentally) could therefore be an important avenue for future research.…”

A Survey on perceived speaker traits: Personality, likability, pathology, and the first challenge

“…An evaluation based on sustained vowels or single syllables would allow a functional analysis but is often not meaningful for the evaluation of the treatment or the speech therapy. Perceptual evaluations are not only a logistic problem as there is a shortage of qualified therapists, and human evaluation is very expensive: the ratings of these therapists are also subjective and may be biased due to varying listening conditions (McColl, 2006;McColl et al, 1998), differences in the individual experience, varying personal conditions (Bunton et al, 2007;Sheard et al, 1991) or speaker characteristics such as gender (Eadie et al, 2008), and the common habituation to a speaker's idiosyncrasies. Thus, there is a strong need for automatic approaches in clinical routine.…”

Speech intelligibility of laryngectomized patients who use different types of vocal communication

“…Traheoezofagealna punktura (TEP) je hirurška procedura stvaranja provodnika između traheje i ezofagusa i njegovog održavanja umetanjem silikonskih proteza (McColl, 2006). Vokalna proteza je jednosmerna valvula koja omogućava stabilnost otvora za prolazak vazduha iz dušnika u faringoezofagealni segment.…”