Variation in compensatory strategies as a function of target constriction degree in post-glossectomy speech

Christina Hagedorn; Yijing Lu; Asterios Toutios; Uttam Sinha; Louis Goldstein; Shrikanth Narayanan

doi:10.1121/10.0009897

Variation in compensatory strategies as a function of target constriction degree in post-glossectomy speech

JASA Express Lett. 2022 Apr;2(4):045205. doi: 10.1121/10.0009897. Epub 2022 Apr 22.

Authors

Christina Hagedorn¹, Yijing Lu², Asterios Toutios³, Uttam Sinha⁴, Louis Goldstein², Shrikanth Narayanan³

Affiliations

¹ Linguistics, College of Staten Island-City University of New York, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314, USA.
² Linguistics, University of Southern California, 3601 Watt Way, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
³ Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, 3650 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
⁴ Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA christina.hagedorn@csi.cuny.edu, yijinglu@usc.edu, toutios@gmail.com, sinha@usc.edu, louisgol@usc.edu, shri@ee.usc.edu.

Abstract

Individuals who have undergone treatment for oral cancer oftentimes exhibit compensatory behavior in consonant production. This pilot study investigates whether compensatory mechanisms utilized in the production of speech sounds with a given target constriction location vary systematically depending on target manner of articulation. The data reveal that compensatory strategies used to produce target alveolar segments vary systematically as a function of target manner of articulation in subtle yet meaningful ways. When target constriction degree at a particular constriction location cannot be preserved, individuals may leverage their ability to finely modulate constriction degree at multiple constriction locations along the vocal tract.

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