The Effect of Speaking Style on the Articulatory-Acoustic Vowel Space in Individuals with Tongue Cancer Before and After Surgical Treatment
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The impact of surgical treatment for tongue cancer is traditionally assessed with vowel formant metrics from read speech or sustained vowels.However, isolated speech might not fully reflect a speaker's typical speech.Here, we assessed the effect of speaking style (read vs. semi-spontaneous) on vowel acoustics of individuals pre-and post-surgery for tongue cancer.Eight individuals (3 females and 5 males) were recorded preand approximately six months post-surgery.We calculated the articulatory-acoustic vowel space (AAVS) during read speech (sentences) and semi-spontaneous speech (picture description).Results showed that the AAVS did not differ significantly preand post-surgery.Picture descriptions yielded a significantly smaller AAVS compared to the reading task, which was consistent pre-and post-surgery.Our findings suggest that both read and semi-spontaneous speech styles would be suitable to quantify the impact of surgical intervention for tongue cancer on vowel acoustics.
Language: English
Topic: Voice and Speech Disorders
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
OpenAlex ID: W4400172008