Vocal effort and within-speaker coordination in speech production : effects on postural control

This thesis probes the joint role of respiration in speech motor control and postural control by examining the effect of increasing the loudness of speech production, or vocal effort, on within-speaker coordination. Specifically, this work tested the dual hypothesis that the functional demands of s...

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Main Author: Fuhrman, Robert
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51656