Schum D J
Oticon A/S, Hellerup, Denmark.
J Am Acad Audiol. 1996 Jun;7(3):212-8.
It has been documented that talkers can be trained to produce "clear" speech, which is significantly more intelligible for hearing-impaired listeners. In this study, the ability of both younger and older talkers to produce clear speech after a minimal amount of instruction and practice was investigated. Tape recordings were made with the talkers attempting to produce both conversational-style and also clear-style speech. Elderly patients with sensorineural hearing loss listened to and attempted to repeat these sentence productions. The results indicate that both groups of talkers could effect significant intelligibility improvements despite minimal instruction and practice. Further, the magnitudes of the intelligibility improvements were statistically similar between the two groups of talkers. Instruction in clear speaking techniques is thus advocated as a useful intervention technique for spouses and other family members of elderly patients with hearing loss.
有文献记载，说话者可以通过训练来产生“清晰”的语音，这对听力受损的听众来说明显更易理解。在本研究中，调查了年轻和年长的说话者在接受最少的指导和练习后产生清晰语音的能力。对说话者尝试产生对话式语音和清晰式语音的过程进行了录音。患有感音神经性听力损失的老年患者聆听并尝试重复这些句子。结果表明，尽管指导和练习最少，但两组说话者都能显著提高语音清晰度。此外，两组说话者在语音清晰度提高的幅度上在统计学上相似。因此，提倡对老年听力损失患者的配偶和其他家庭成员进行清晰说话技巧的指导，作为一种有用的干预技术。
