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Listener perceptions along a fluency--disfluency continuum: a phenomenological analysis.

Michael Susca¹, E Charles Healey

¹Thomas Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Speech and Hearing Center, University of the Pacific, 1050 Brookside Road, 95207 Stockton, CA, USA. msusca@uop.edu

Journal of Fluency Disorders

|July 31, 2002

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Listeners perceive communicative effectiveness based on more than just fluency. Speech perception is influenced by speaker, listener, and story factors, impacting stuttering treatment strategies.

Area of Science:

Speech-Language Pathology
Psychology
Linguistics

Background:

Understanding listener perceptions of speech is crucial for effective communication.
Previous research often focused narrowly on fluency/disfluency, potentially overlooking other influential factors.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore listener perceptions of communicative effectiveness across a fluency-disfluency continuum using phenomenological analysis.
To identify factors influencing these perceptions beyond simple fluency levels.
To investigate the application of phenomenological analysis in understanding stuttering.

Main Methods:

A qualitative phenomenological analysis was employed.
Sixty participants listened to one of six speech samples varying in fluency.

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Interviews analyzed listener perceptions of communicative effectiveness, categorized by speaker, listener, and story attributes.

Main Results:

Listener perceptions varied significantly across different speech samples.
Communicative effectiveness perceptions were influenced by speech production, context, speaker identity, listener comfort, and story comprehension.
Listeners responded to a wide range of speech signal information, not solely fluency or disfluency.

Conclusions:

Listener perceptions of speech are multifactorial and extend beyond simple fluency measures.
Phenomenological analysis provides valuable insights into the complex nature of speech perception.
Findings support modulation theory and have implications for stuttering treatment approaches.