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Clear speech effects on Mandarin fricative perception

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigated, with 40 young-adult Taiwan Mandarin listeners, the perception of clearly vs conversationally produced Mandarin fricatives in quiet and noisy conditions. Clear speech did not improve identification accuracy but consistently facilitated processing, as shown by shorter reaction times. Correlations with acoustic measures suggest that modifications in spectral variance, skewness, and relative amplitude are associated with this clear speech advantage. These findings underscore processing speed as a dimension of clear speech benefit and extend our understanding of clear speech effects to the full Mandarin fricative inventory.

Source: JASA Express Letters

DOI: 10.1121/10.0042407

Authors: Yung-Hsiang Shawn Chang, Yu-Wen Chen

Institutions: National Taipei University of Technology, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science

Language: English

Topic: Phonetics and Phonology Research

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Science and Technology Council

OpenAlex ID: W7128497657

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