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Auditory-visual speech to infants and adults: Signals and correlations

    • Western Sydney University

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    Abstract

    We investigated how the properties of Infant Directed Speech (IDS) and Adult Directed Speech (ADS) differed in acoustics and in speech-related articulation. Both the degree to which auditory and motion properties changed as a function of speech style (IDS vs. ADS) as well as how the correlation between properties was affected by this change were examined. The acoustic properties of 13 sentences uttered by six mothers either to their infant or to an adult and the corresponding 3D motion of face and head markers were measured. Mean speech duration was longer and mean pitch higher for IDS; the IDS vowel space was also expanded compared to ADS; and all face and head motions were greater in IDS. Moderate correlations were found between speech acoustics and face and head motion. These correlations were consistently larger for ADS compared to IDS.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012
    Pages1118-1121
    Number of pages4
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    Event13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012 - Portland, OR, United States
    Duration: 9 Sept 201213 Sept 2012

    Publication series

    Name13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012
    Volume2

    Conference

    Conference13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association 2012, INTERSPEECH 2012
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityPortland, OR
    Period9/09/1213/09/12

    Keywords

    • Auditory-Visual speech
    • Infant Directed Speech

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