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An Experimental Paradigm for Measuring the Effects of Ageing on Sentence Processing
Published on: October 25, 2019
Familiarity and older adults' transcriptions of native and nonnative speech
Angela N Burda1, Dana R Overhake, Kimberly K Thompson
1Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Northern Iowa, 230 Communication Arts Center, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0356, USA. angela.burda@uni.edu
Abstract:
24 adults ages 60+ yr. transcribed 60 words and 30 sentences spoken by native speakers of English, Taiwanese, and Spanish to assess whether familiarity with the nonnative English speakers' accents improved transcription scores. The accuracy of listeners' transcription scores on the first half of the stimulus items was compared with accuracy of listeners' scores on the second half. Analysis indicated accuracy of transcriptions declined on words but improved for sentences, so familiarity and length of the stimuli may influence listeners' accurate transcribing of accented speech.
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