Formant Transitions in the Fluent Speech of Farsi-Speaking People Who Stutter

Conclusions During perceptually fluent utterances, the stuttering speakers had greater F2 frequency extents during transitions, took longer to reach vowel steady state, exhibited some evidence of steeper slopes at the beginning of transitions, had overall similar F2 formant slopes, and had slower speaking rates compared to nonstuttering speakers. Findings support the notion of different speech motor timing strategies in stuttering speakers. Findings are likely to be independent of the language spoken.
Source: Journal of Fluency Disorders - Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research