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6. Attitude to Speech and Communication in Individuals Born with Cleft Lip and Palate
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how individuals who are born with a cleft lip and palate experience their communicative situation, how they perceive their speech and whether their views correlate with the results of speech assessments made by specialised speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. LÄS MER
7. Aerodynamic assessment of velopharyngeal function in speech
Sammanfattning : Velopharyngeal function in speech was assessed by aerodynamic techniques, which were developed and tested. Temporal and dynamic characteristics of the nasal airflow pattern during the velopharyngeal closing phase in speech were studied in different patient groups. Its validity in relation to listener's perceptual evaluation of speech was analyzed. LÄS MER
8. Speech Signal Extraction : A Multichannel Approach
Sammanfattning : In speech signal extraction the aim is to extract human speech in a physical environment by using microphones. In any real world environment there are many disturbance sources that cause unwanted sound pressure, which in turn may degrade the comprehension of the speech at the microphones. LÄS MER
9. Språkliga gemenskaper och minoritetsspråkiga barn i svensk förskola
Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to contribute with knowledge about how speech communities are formed and maintained in Swedish preschools when minority language children participate. The dissertation is based on two empirical studies that are linked together by an ethnographical communication model. LÄS MER
10. Entropy and Speech
Sammanfattning : In this thesis, we study the representation of speech signals and the estimation of information-theoretical measures from observations containing features of the speech signal. The main body of the thesis consists of four research papers. Paper A presents a compact representation of the speech signal that facilitates perfect reconstruction. LÄS MER