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Accent identification by adults with aphasia.
Caroline Newton1, Rebecca Burns, Carolyn Bruce
1Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK. caroline.newton@ucl.ac.uk
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
|January 24, 2013
Summary
Adults with aphasia struggle to identify speaker accents compared to controls. However, both groups made similar errors, suggesting aphasia impacts accent identification but not necessarily the underlying error patterns.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Neurology
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- The UK's linguistic diversity necessitates effective accent processing.
- Research on accent comprehension in aphasia is growing, but accent identification remains unexplored.
- Aphasia can affect various language processing aspects, including auditory perception.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the accent identification abilities of adults with aphasia.
- To compare accent identification accuracy between adults with and without aphasia.
- To explore error patterns in accent identification for individuals with aphasia.
Main Methods:
- 120 audio recordings of six different UK accents were used.
- Participants (with and without aphasia) listened to speakers reading four sentences each.
- Listeners performed a forced-choice task to identify the speaker's geographical origin.
Main Results:
- Adults with aphasia were significantly less accurate in identifying accents than control participants.
- Both groups exhibited similar patterns of errors in accent identification.
- This suggests aphasia impacts the ability to discern accent origins.
Conclusions:
- Accent identification is impaired in adults with aphasia compared to neurotypical individuals.
- The similar error patterns suggest shared underlying perceptual or cognitive mechanisms.
- Identifying a speaker's origin may aid communication for individuals with aphasia by facilitating accent acclimatization.
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