Title: Auditory feedback shifts in one formant cause multi-formant responses.
Abstract:Talkers are known to compensate for experimentally-induced shifts in auditory feedback. In a typical experiment, talkers might hear their F1 feedback shifted (so that [ε] sounds like [æ], for example)...Talkers are known to compensate for experimentally-induced shifts in auditory feedback. In a typical experiment, talkers might hear their F1 feedback shifted (so that [ε] sounds like [æ], for example), and compensate by lowering F1 in their subsequent speech. Typically, compensation is assumed to directly oppose the action of the feedback shift and is measured in terms of the shifted parameter. In this study, we instead find that sensitivity to altered auditory feedback is multidimensional: subjects respond to altered F1 feedback by changing their F2 production and vice versa. In particular, subjects whose [i] is heard as [ɪ], a shift primarily in F1, compensated by producing a higher F2, while subjects whose central vowel [ʌ] was heard as [ε] or [o], a shift primarily in F2, compensated by producing a higher or lower F1. We argue that it is insufficient to consider auditory sensitivity in terms of a single formant and suggest that this method of altering auditory feedback is a practical tool for investigating the psychological reality of formants and their combinations.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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